Are online sources for identifying evidence-based practices trustworthy? An evaluation

Exceptional Children

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 58-80

  Test, David W ^a   Kemp Inman, Amy ^a   Diegelmann, Karen ^a   Hitt, Sara Beth ^a   Bethune, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; SPECIAL EDUCATION; TRUST;

EID: 84973635744     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: 21635560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0014402915585477     Document Type: Article

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