Who is watching the watchers? The challenge of observing peer interactions on elementary school playgrounds

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 2006, Issue 110, 2006, Pages 73-85

  Hudley, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 43249164345     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.188     Document Type: Article

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