Teachers' self-assessed competence and attitudes toward literary braille and the Nemeth code

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 354-357

  DeMario, N C ^a   Lang, S ^b   Lian, M G J ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sangamon Area Spec Educ District   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BRAILLE; COMPETENCE; HUMAN; READING; TEACHING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031944388     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x9809200515     Document Type: Article

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