Competence, persistence, and success: The positive psychology of behavioral skill instruction

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-30

  Martens, Brian K ^a   Witt, Joseph C ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346456849     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.10135     Document Type: Article

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