Effectiveness of a concept teaching routine in enhancing the performance of LD students in secondary-level mainstream classes

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 3-17

  Bulgren, Janis ^a   Schumaker, Jean B ^a   Deshler, Donald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0041028383     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: 2168376X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1511034     Document Type: Article

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