Training boys with ADHD to work collaboratively: Social and learning outcomes

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 625-646

  Watkins, Deborah Edelman ^a   Wentzel, Kathryn R ^b  

^a YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Collaborative learning; Peer tutoring with ADHD students; School based interventions for students with ADHD; Training peer tutors to work ADHD students

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749086159     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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