Increasing on-task behavior during mathematics independent seat-work in students with emotional disturbance by interspersing additional brief problems

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 647-659

  Skinner, Christopher H ^a,b   Hurst, Kristal L ^a   Teeple, Donna F ^a   Meadows, Sadonya O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 23044534420     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.10058     Document Type: Review

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