Portrait of a future teacher: Case study of learning styles, strategies, and language disabilities

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Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-63

  Nam, Christine ^a   Oxford, Rebecca L ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 0038900392     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(97)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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