Instructional Effectiveness and Instructional Efficiency as Considerations for Data-Based Decision Making: An Evaluation of Interspersing Procedures

School Psychology Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 601-616

  Cates, Gary L ^a   Skinner, Christopher H ^b   Watson, T Steuart ^c   Meadows, Tawnya J ^c   Weaver, Adam ^c   Jackson, Bertha ^c  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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