Service Learning: A Creative Strategy for Inclusive Classrooms

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-271

  Gent, Pamela J ^a   Gurecka, Louis E ^a  

^a CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

inclusion; service; service learning; students with severe disabilities; teaching methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032171973     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: 21692408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2511/rpsd.23.3.261     Document Type: Article

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