Classroom climate in regular primary school settings with children with special needs

Educational Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-372

  Schmidt, Majda ^a   Čagran, Branka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Children with special needs; Classroom climate; Integration inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750306320     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690600850123     Document Type: Article

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