Research to practice: A "blueprint" for closing the gap in local schools

Exceptional Children

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 339-352

  Abbott, Mary ^a   Walton, Cheryl ^a   Tapia, Yolanda ^a   Greenwood, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0000886264     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440299906500305     Document Type: Article

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