Evaluation of the effects of medium of instruction on the science learning of hong kong secondary students: Performance on the science achievement test

Bilingual Research Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 295-331

  Yip, Din Yan ^a   Tsang, Wing Kwong ^a   Cheung, Sin Pui ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 85011247356     PISSN: 15235882     EISSN: 15235890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15235882.2003.10162808     Document Type: Article

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