Individualized Assignments, Group Work and Discussions: How They Interact With Class Size, Low Socioeconomic Status, and Second Language Learners

Frontiers in Education

Volumn 5, Issue , 2020, Pages

  DeVries, Jeffrey M ^a   Szardenings, Carsten ^a   Doebler, Philipp ^a   Gebhardt, Markus ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

discussions; group work; individualized assignments; non native speakers; second language learners; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 85089436321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2504284X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2020.00065     Document Type: Article

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