Communities of practice: Connecting what we know with what we do

Exceptional Children

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-277

  Buysse, Virginia ^a   Sparkman, Karen L ^a,b   Wesley, Patricia W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b School of Education

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EID: 0042051723     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290306900301     Document Type: Article

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