LD identification: It's not simply a matter of building a better mousetrap

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 229-242

  Mellard, Daryl F ^a   Deshler, Donald D ^a   Barth, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 10244260544     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593675     Document Type: Review

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