Beyond culture as group traits: Future learning disabilities ontology, epistemology and inquiry on research knowledge use

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 167-179

  Artiles, Alfredo J ^a   Thorius, Kathleen King ^b   Bal, Aydin ^c   Neal, Rebecca ^a   Waitoller, Federico R ^d   Hernandez Saca, David ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Future research; Learning disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924771139     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731948711417552     Document Type: Article

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