What's in a name? students with dyslexia: Their use of metaphor in making sense of their disability

British Journal of Special Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-82

  Burden, Robert ^a   Burdett, Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Interviews; Self concept; Special schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547410462     PISSN: 09523383     EISSN: 14678578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8578.2007.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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