Responsibilities of Special Educators in Rural Schools: A Latent Class Analysis

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Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 69-90

  Weiss, Margaret P ^a   Petrin, Robert A ^b   Farmer, Thomas W ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ipsos   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84899624773     PISSN: 09362835     EISSN: 15327035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09362835.2013.802235     Document Type: Article

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