Accessing the general education math curriculum for secondary students with high-incidence disabilities

Focus on Exceptional Children

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1-32

  Maccini, Paula ^a   Strickland, Tricia ^a   Gagnon, Joseph Calvin ^b   Malmgren, Kimber ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84940363654     PISSN: 0015511X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17161/fec.v40i8.6833     Document Type: Article

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