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Peer reviewedYip, Din Yan; Tsang, Wing Kwong; Cheung, Sin Pui – Bilingual Research Journal, 2003
A study examined the effects of a new Hong Kong policy requiring Chinese as the language of instruction on secondary students' learning of science. Science achievement test scores at 100 secondary schools indicate that previous use of English to teach science may have hampered students' ability to grasp material due to the high-level thinking…
Descriptors: Chinese, Educational Policy, English, Foreign Countries
