Students' perceptions of classroom instructional environments in the context of 'Universal Design for Learning'

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-185

  Abell, Michael M ^a   Jung, Eunjoo ^a   Taylor, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom environment; Universal design for learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052866270     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10984-011-9090-2     Document Type: Article

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