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Ann: I had never taught science to Hmong students and teaching Hmong students is just so tough because they don’t understand me and I don’t understand them.… Students have nice ideas, but I can’t get to use in class because some of their views don’t match with science.… I needed another person to be by my side to teach science and Chue has been a great asset to me and the students.… I couldn’t have gotten a better resource to teach my students science so they [students] feel comfortable to do and talk science.
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Upadhyay, B., Gifford, A. (2010). Changing Lives: Coteaching Immigrant Students in a Middle School Science Classroom. In: Murphy, C., Scantlebury, K. (eds) Coteaching in International Contexts. Cultural Studies of Science Education, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3707-7_13
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