Why a Data-Based Decision-Making Intervention Works in Some Schools and Not in Others

Learning Disabilities Research and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 32-45

  Keuning, Trynke ^a   Van Geel, Marieke ^a   Visscher, Adrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85007557257     PISSN: 09388982     EISSN: 15405826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ldrp.12124     Document Type: Article

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