Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 6, Issue 2, Article 2 (Dec., 2005)
Sabri KOCAKULAH, Evrim USTUNLUOGLU and Aysel KOCAKULAH
The effect of teaching in native and foreign language on students' conceptual understanding in science courses
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Purpose

The main objectives of the study are

i) to investigate the differences in conceptual understanding of "The Energy Unit" between students who study science in the native language and a foreign language;

ii) to compare the performance of students who study in the native language and in a foreign language on problems based on conceptual understanding;

iii) to generate suggestions for better conceptual understanding and the ways of teaching an energy unit taking into consideration the effect of language.


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