Supporting New Teachers of Students With Significant Disabilities Through Virtual Coaching: A Proposed Model

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 195-204

  Israel, Maya ^a   Carnahan, Christina R ^a   Snyder, Kathleen K ^a   Williamson, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

induction; online mentoring; significant disabilities; virtual coaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879704465     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932512450517     Document Type: Article

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