Assessing learning styles among students with and without learning disabilities at a distance-learning university

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-63

  Heiman, Tali ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

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EID: 33644768089     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30035532     Document Type: Review

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