High- and average-achieving students' perceptions of disabilities and of students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms

Exceptional Children

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 474-487

  Litvack, Marla S ^a   Ritchie, Krista C ^a   Shore, Bruce M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84856720523     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440291107700406     Document Type: Article

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