Hopes and challenges in using action research: The outcome of attempting to help in-service teachers learn how to design, evaluate and use reading comprehension questions collaboratively

Educational Action Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 377-393

  Wolyie Hussein, Jeylan ^a  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Action Research; Collaborative Learning; Diary; Reading Comprehension; Teacher Trainees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992770383     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790600847677     Document Type: Article

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