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The Cypriot Preschool Teachers' and Parents' Perceptions and Attitudes toward the Value and Contribution of the Developed Assessment Instrument for the Early Identification and Intervention for Students at Risk to Present Learning Disabilities.

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Title/Author:	The Cypriot Preschool Teachers' and Parents' Perceptions and Attitudes toward the Value and Contribution of the Developed Assessment Instrument for the Early Identification and Intervention for Students at Risk to Present Learning Disabilities./
Author:	Neophytou, Paraskevi.
Description:	1 online resource (395 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-11A(E).
Subject:	Special education. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780438127395

The Cypriot Preschool Teachers' and Parents' Perceptions and Attitudes toward the Value and Contribution of the Developed Assessment Instrument for the Early Identification and Intervention for Students at Risk to Present Learning Disabilities.
Neophytou, Paraskevi.

The Cypriot Preschool Teachers' and Parents' Perceptions and Attitudes toward the Value and Contribution of the Developed Assessment Instrument for the Early Identification and Intervention for Students at Risk to Present Learning Disabilities. - 1 online resource (395 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saint Louis University, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references

The purpose of this study was to explore Cypriot preschool teachers' and parents' perceptions and attitudes toward the value and contribution of the developed educational assessment instrument for the early identification and intervention for students at risk to present learning disabilities. In this research study, a qualitative research was used and a case study approach was employed in the attempt to answer the research questions and hypotheses. In addition, data was collected through participative observation and semi-structured interviews. The study sample consisted of 10 preschool teachers and 27 mothers of preschool children. Further, content analysis was used for analyzing the data.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780438127395Subjects--Topical Terms:

567627
Special education.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

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