'What can I do to help?': Postsecondary students with learning disabilities' perceptions of instructors' classroom accommodations

Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 224-233

  Quinlan, Margaret M ^a   Bates, Benjamin R ^b   Angell, Maureen E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodations; Critical pedagogy; Learning disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867657824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14713802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-3802.2011.01225.x     Document Type: Article

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