A Meta-Analysis on the Effectiveness of Bilingual Programs in Europe

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 92-128

  Reljić, Gabrijela ^a   Ferring, Dieter ^a   Martin, Romain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

academic achievement; bilingual education; Europe; language minority; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922810039     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: 19351046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654314548514     Document Type: Article

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