‘I think they need to rethink their concept!’: examining teachers’ sense of preparedness to deal with student heterogeneity

European Journal of Special Needs Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 366-381

  Pozas, Marcela ^a   Letzel, Verena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

differentiated instruction; mixed methods approach; Student heterogeneity; teachers sense of preparedness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERMANY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANEL STUDY; TEACHER;

EID: 85075161394     PISSN: 08856257     EISSN: 1469591X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08856257.2019.1689717     Document Type: Article

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