The effects of the explicit inquiry routine on the performance of students with learning disabilities on one-variable equations

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-120

  Scheuermann, Amy M ^a   Deshler, Donald D ^b   Schumaker, Jean B ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 67650656884     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/27740360     Document Type: Article

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