Computer-based instruction for young braille readers in mainstream education – an evaluation study

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-164

  Fellenius, Kerstin ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84992951671     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/vimr.1.3.147.4443     Document Type: Article

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