Strategies for adapting WebQuests for students with learning disabilities

Intervention in School and Clinic

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-28

  Skylar, Ashley A ^a   Higgins, Kyle ^b   Boone, Randall ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 34548576737     PISSN: 10534512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10534512070430010301     Document Type: Article

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