Effect of cognitive development on second-language acquisition and academic performance among secondary school students in Rwanda: A case study of Groupe Scolaire Kivumu, Muhanga District
Rwanda's shift to English-medium instruction in 2009 placed heavy cognitive and linguistic demands on students whose home language is Kinyarwanda. How well students cope with those demands depends partly on how their minds have developed. This study looked at that question directly: does cognitive development affect ho...