Evidence-based special education and professional wisdom: Putting it all together

Intervention in School and Clinic

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-111

  Cook, Bryan G ^a,b   Tankersley, Melody ^c   Harjusola Webb, Sanna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Department of Special Education ^*

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Effective instruction; Law legal policy; Personnel preparation professional development; Teacher(s); Training preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149109154     PISSN: 10534512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1053451208321566     Document Type: Article

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