Many schools are using cooperative teaching arrangements as part of their efforts to implement inclusion programs. This article provides guidelines and strategies that can be employed to examine the experiences and perceptions of cooperative teaching teams, to validate successful collaborative practices, and to identify those practices in need of revision.
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