Universal Design in Elementary and Middle School: Designing Classrooms and Instructional Practices to Ensure Access to Learning for All Students

Childhood Education

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 224-229

  Flores, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 69949174555     PISSN: 00094056     EISSN: 21620725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00094056.2008.10523013     Document Type: Article

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