Beginning special education teachers classroom reading instruction: Practices that engage elementary students with learning disabilities

Exceptional Children

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-122

  Njin, Seo ^a   Brownell, Mary T ^b   Bishop, Anne G ^c   Dingle, Mary ^d  

^a Konyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 51549083869     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290807500105     Document Type: Article

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