The role of domain expertise in beginning special education teacher quality

Exceptional Children

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-411

  Brownell, Mary T ^a   Dimino, Joseph ^b   Bishop, Anne G ^c   Haager, Diane ^d   Gersten, Russell ^b,g   Menon, Shailaja ^e   Klingner, Janette K ^e   Sindelar, Paul T ^a   Penfield, Randall D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Instructional Research Group   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 77749286744     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290907500401     Document Type: Article

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