Strategies for inclusion: Learning from students' perspectives on acceleration in inclusive education

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 69, Issue , 2018, Pages 243-252

  Dare, Lynn ^a   Nowicki, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 85033566238     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2017.10.017     Document Type: Article

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