Special education teacher quality and preparation: Exposing foundations, constructing a new model

Exceptional Children

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-377

  Brownell, Mary T ^a   Sindelar, Paul T ^a   Kiely, Mary Theresa ^a   Danielson, Louis C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b American Institutes for Research ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84856043361     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440291007600307     Document Type: Article

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