Empowering students with mental retardation through portfolio assessment: A tool for fostering self-determination skills

Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-463

  Ezell, Dan ^a   Klein, Colleen E ^b   Ezell Powell, Sherlyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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