Science and social studies for students with disabilities

Focus on Exceptional Children

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1-24

  Scruggs, Thomas E ^a   Mastropieri, Margo A ^a   Okolo, Cynthia M ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84940363670     PISSN: 0015511X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17161/foec.v41i2.6835     Document Type: Article

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