Teachers' attitudes towards mainstreaming and their pupils' perceptions of their classroom learning environment

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-142

  Monsen, Jeremy J ^a   Frederickson, Norah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

classroom learning environments; mainstreaming inclusion; My Class Inventory; teacher attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344573044     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LERI.0000037196.62475.32     Document Type: Article

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