Generalizability of classroom behavior problem and on-task scores from the direct observation form

School Psychology Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 382-401

  Volpe, Robert J ^a,b,c   McConaughy, Stephanie H ^a,b,c   Hintze, John M ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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