How program participants learn program rules: Implications for implementation and evaluation

Social Service Review

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-78

  Nam, Kisun ^a   Cancian, Maria ^b   Meyer, Daniel R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 67549132239     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598756     Document Type: Article

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