Special education teachers' attitudes and perceptions of teamwork

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 330-342

  Malone, D Michael ^a   Gallagher, Peggy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; disabilities; perceptions; special education; teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956635943     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932509338362     Document Type: Article

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