The influence of students with special needs included in grade-3 classrooms on the large-scale achievement scores of students without special needs

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 609-627

  Demeris, Henk ^a,b   Childs, Ruth A ^a   Jordan, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Elementary education; Inclusive schools; Special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 37049032137     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20466655     Document Type: Article

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