High Versus Low Implementation of Instructional Support Teams: A Case for Maintaining Program Fidelity

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 170-183

  Kovaleski, Joseph F ^a   Gickling, Edward E ^b   Morrow, Henry ^c   Swank, Paul R ^d  

^a Cornwall Lebanon School ^*  (United States)

^b Educational consultant from Centreville   (United States)

^c Group dynamics Program design and Evaluation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 84993813797     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074193259902000308     Document Type: Article

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