Teaching Middle School Students with Learning Disabilities to Recruit Positive Teacher Attention

Exceptional Children

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-270

  Alber, Sheila R ^a   Heward, William L ^c   Hippler, Brooke J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Box 5115 ^*

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EID: 0000937033     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440299906500209     Document Type: Article

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