Reaching the mountaintop: Addressing the common core standards in mathematics for students with mathematics difficulties

Learning Disabilities Research and Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-48

  Powell, Sarah R ^a   Fuchs, Lynn S ^b   Fuchs, Doug ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84874136911     PISSN: 09388982     EISSN: 15405826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ldrp.12001     Document Type: Article

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