Greatness and misery in the teaching of the psychology of learning

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-234

  Machado, Armando ^a   Silva, Francisco J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual analysis; Epistemology; Learning; Methodology; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000916528     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1998.70-215     Document Type: Article

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