Evaluating social participation of pupils with special needs in regular primary schools: Examination of a teacher questionnaire

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 213-222

  Koster, Marloes ^a   Timmerman, Marieke E ^a   Nakken, Han ^a   Pijl, Sip Jan ^a   Van Houten, Els J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inclusive education; Mokken scale analysis; Nonparametric item response analysis; Social participation; Special needs education

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449348234     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.25.4.213     Document Type: Article

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