Conducting Integrative Reviews of Special Education Research: Overview and Case Study

Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities

Volumn 19, Issue , 2006, Pages 257-284

  Edgemon, Elizabeth A ^a   Wiley, Andrew L ^a   Jablonski, Brian R ^a   Lloyd, John W ^a  

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EID: 33645892293     PISSN: 0735004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-004X(06)19010-2     Document Type: Review

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