Can special education make a difference? Exploring the differences of special educational systems between Finland and Norway in relation to the PISA results

Rune Sarromaa Hausstätter; Marjatta Takala

doi:10.1080/15017419.2010.507372

Can special education make a difference? Exploring the differences of special educational systems between Finland and Norway in relation to the PISA results

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 13 (2011): Issue 4

By: Rune Sarromaa Hausstätter and Marjatta Takala

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|Dec 2011

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2010.507372 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

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Language: English

Page range: 271 - 281

Submitted on: Dec 19, 2009

Accepted on: May 30, 2010

Published on: Dec 4, 2011

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

early intervention,

reading and writing,

cultural differences

© 2011 Rune Sarromaa Hausstätter, Marjatta Takala, published by Stockholm University Press
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