Computer-assisted instruction of early academic skills

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 145-158

  Hitchcock, Caryl H ^a   Noonan, Mary jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 0034411302     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/027112140002000303     Document Type: Article

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