Demonstration of classroom survival skills in kindergarten: A five-year transition study of children with intellectual disabilities

Educational Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 393-411

  Kemp, Coral ^a   Carter, Mark ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84896486026     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713663756     Document Type: Article

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