A meta-analysis of interventions to decrease disruptive classroom behavior in public education settings

School Psychology Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 333-368

  Stage, Scott A ^a   Quiroz, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

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