Understanding teachers with extreme individual learning differences: Developing more effective teachers

Teaching Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-41

  Rosenfeld, Melodie ^a   Rosenfeld, Sherman ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 40649090207     PISSN: 10476210     EISSN: 14701286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10476210701860008     Document Type: Article

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