Trialling the 4C framework in an Indian grade 3 mathematics classroom

This thesis describes an action research carried out in a Grade 3 maths classroom in a low income, English medium school in Mumbai, India. The maths teacher in the study used the 4C model proposed by Do Coyle (2010) as a framework of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) for teaching maths...

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Main Author: Rangarajan, Swathi
Other Authors: Faculty of Education and Psychology, Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta, Kasvatustieteiden laitos, Department of Education, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/55142
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title Trialling the 4C framework in an Indian grade 3 mathematics classroom
title_full Trialling the 4C framework in an Indian grade 3 mathematics classroom
title_fullStr Trialling the 4C framework in an Indian grade 3 mathematics classroom Trialling the 4C framework in an Indian grade 3 mathematics classroom
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