Pedagogical principles favouring the development of reasoning in people with severe learning difficulties

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-73

  Hessels, Marco G P ^a   Hessels Schlatter, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77950661614     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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