DOC UME NT RES UME EC 042 066 Gottlieb, Jay; Budoff, Milton Attitudes Toward School by Segregated and Integrated Retarded Children: A Study and Experimental Validation. Volume 2, Number 35. Research Inst. for Educational Problems, Cambridge, Mass. Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (DHEW/OE), Washington, D.C. BR-8-0506 72 OEG-0-8-080506-4597 (607) 12p. MF-$0.65 HC-$3.29 *Educable Mentally ...

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