Strategies for improving home-school communication about homework for students with disabilities

Journal of Special Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 166-176

  Epstein, Michael H ^a   Munk, Dennis D ^b   Bursuck, William D ^b   Polloway, Edward A ^b   Jayanthi, Madhavi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033246795     PISSN: 00224669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002246699903300304     Document Type: Article

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