School completers and noncompleters with learning disabilities: Similarities in academic achievement and perceptions of self and teachers

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 293-300

  Bear, George G ^a   Kortering, Larry J ^b,c   Braziel, Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Secondary and Transition Technical Assistance Center

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EID: 33749590317     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/07419325060270050401     Document Type: Article

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