A comparison of special, general and support teachers' controllability and stability attributions for children's difficulties in learning

Educational Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 295-306

  Woolfson, Lisa ^a   Grant, Elizabeth ^a   Campbell, Lindsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33947424838     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410601066826     Document Type: Article

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