Classroom behavioral interventions: Do teachers consider the function of the behavior?

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-280

  Myers, Carl L ^a   Holland, Karin L ^b  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034178067     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6807(200005)37:3<271::AID-PITS7>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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