A tale of two decades: Trends in support for federally funded experimental research in Special Education

Exceptional Children

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 323-332

  Gersten, Russell ^a   Baker, Scott K ^b   Smith Johnson, Joyce ^c   Flo Jo, Jonathan R ^a   Hagan Burke, Shanna ^d  

^a Instructional Research Group   (United States)

^b Pacific Institutes for Research   (United States)

^c Center for Research to Practice   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 16244395148     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290407000304     Document Type: Article

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