Assessing social participation of pupils with special needs in inclusive education: The construction of a teacher questionnaire

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 395-409

  Koster, Marloes ^a   Nakken, Han ^a   Pijl, Sip Jan ^a,b   Van Houten, Els J ^a   Lutje Spelberg, Henk C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Social participation; Special needs education

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349163548     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610802337657     Document Type: Article

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