Teaching different tasks using different stimuli in a heterogeneous small Group

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-244

  Fickel, Kathleen M ^a   Schuster, John W ^b   Collins, Belva C ^b  

^a Spencer County High School   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous grouping; Middle school students; Simultaneous prompting

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649083962     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022887624824     Document Type: Article

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