Inclusive Classrooms: What Practicing Teachers Want to Know

Action in Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-26

  Kamens, Michele Wilson ^a   Loprete, Susan J ^b   Slostad, Frances A ^b  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 14844348979     PISSN: 01626620     EISSN: 21586098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01626620.2003.10463289     Document Type: Article

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