Agreement among classroom observers of children's stylistic learning behaviors

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 355-361

  Buchanan, Helen Hamlet ^b   McDermott, Paul A ^a   Schaefer, Barbara A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032347717     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6807(199810)35:4<355::aid-pits6>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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