Teacher Response to Learning Disability: A Test of Attributional Principles

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-79

  Clark, Margaret D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEACHING;

EID: 0030636928     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221949703000106     Document Type: Article

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