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Teaching High School Students with Learning and Emotional Disabilities in Inclusion Science Classrooms: A Case Study of Four Teachers' Beliefs and Practices

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Robinson, S. Teaching High School Students with Learning and Emotional Disabilities in Inclusion Science Classrooms: A Case Study of Four Teachers' Beliefs and Practices. Journal of Science Teacher Education 13, 13–26 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015177609052

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