Collaborative teaching: Critique of the scientific evidence

The SAGE Handbook of Special Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 417-428

  Thousand, Jacqueline S ^a   Nevin, Ann I ^b,c   Villa, Richard A ^d  

^a Cal State San Marcos ^*  (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 56349101008     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781848607989.n32     Document Type: Chapter

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