Using sociometric techniques to assess the social impacts of inclusion: Some methodological considerations

Educational Research Review

Volumn 20, Issue , 2017, Pages 68-80

  Avramidis, Elias ^a   Strogilos, Vasilis ^b   Aroni, Katerina ^a   Kantaraki, Christina Thessalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Inclusive education; Multi method research; Sociometry; Special needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006804642     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2016.11.004     Document Type: Article

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