Adjunctive role for immediate feedback in the acquisition and retention of mathematical fact series by elementary school students classified with mild mental retardation

Psychological Record

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-66

  Dihoff, Roberta E ^a   Brosvic, Gary M ^b   Epstein, Michael L ^b   Cook, Michael J ^b  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 14944381671     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395497     Document Type: Article

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