Single subject research: Applications to special education

British Journal of Special Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-29

  Cakiroglu, Orhan ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Educational research; Single subject research; Special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858307368     PISSN: 09523383     EISSN: 14678578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8578.2012.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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