The value of using observational and student report methodologies in classroom research

The Routledge International Handbook of Social Psychology of the Classroom

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 231-241

  Ruzek, Erik A ^a   Pianta, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315716923     Document Type: Chapter

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