Secondary students perceptions of school life with regard to alienation: The effects of disability, gender and race

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 227-238

  Brown, Monica R ^a   Higgins, Kyle ^b   Pierce, Tom ^b   Hong, Eunsook ^b   Thoma, Colleen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1442281815     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593636     Document Type: Review

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