Students with special needs and the composition of their peer group

Irish Educational Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-70

  Pijl, Sip Jan ^a   Skaalvik, Einar M ^b   Skaalvik, Sidsel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Peer group; Pupil preferences; Self concept; Social relations; Special needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951579406     PISSN: 03323315     EISSN: 17474965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03323310903522693     Document Type: Article

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