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Ndihokubwayo K, Uwamahoro J, Ndayambaje I. Implementation of the Competence-Based Learning in Rwandan Physics Classrooms: First Assessment Based on the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2020;16(9):em1880. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/8395

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Ndihokubwayo, K., Uwamahoro, J., & Ndayambaje, I. (2020). Implementation of the Competence-Based Learning in Rwandan Physics Classrooms: First Assessment Based on the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(9), em1880. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/8395

AMA

Ndihokubwayo K, Uwamahoro J, Ndayambaje I. Implementation of the Competence-Based Learning in Rwandan Physics Classrooms: First Assessment Based on the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2020;16(9), em1880. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/8395

Chicago

Ndihokubwayo, Kizito, Jean Uwamahoro, and Irénée Ndayambaje. "Implementation of the Competence-Based Learning in Rwandan Physics Classrooms: First Assessment Based on the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2020 16 no. 9 (2020): em1880. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/8395

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Ndihokubwayo, K., Uwamahoro, J., and Ndayambaje, I. (2020). Implementation of the Competence-Based Learning in Rwandan Physics Classrooms: First Assessment Based on the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(9), em1880. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/8395

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Ndihokubwayo, Kizito et al. "Implementation of the Competence-Based Learning in Rwandan Physics Classrooms: First Assessment Based on the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 16, no. 9, 2020, em1880. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/8395