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The Value of a Developmental Approach to Evaluating Character Development Programmes: An outcome study of Facing History and Ourselves

Lynn Hickey Schultz
,
Dennis J. Barr
&
Robert L. Selman
Pages 3-27 | Published online: 03 Aug 2010

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