Quantitative research synthesis: Meta-analysis of research on meeting special educational needs

The SAGE Handbook of Special Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 207-221

  Kavale, Kenneth A ^a,b,c  

^a REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781848607989.n16     Document Type: Chapter

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