IEPs in mainstream secondary schools: An agenda for research

Support for Learning

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 204-208

  Tennant, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ICT; IEPs; Mainstream secondary schools; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009944423     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2007.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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