Factors that influence the book selection process of students with special needs

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 608-618

  Swartz, Mary Katherine ^a   Hendricks, Cindy Gillespie ^b  

^a Springfield Local Schools   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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