Measuring Life Skills: Standardizing the Assessment of Youth Development Indicators
While the development of life skills (e.g., communication, problem solving, etc.) is a commonly targeted youth program outcome, the lack of standardized conceptualizations and instrumentation make it difficult to compare impacts across programs and develop validated best practices. In order to promo...
Main Authors: | Mat D. Duerden, Peter A. Witt, Mariela Fernandez, Marie Jolliff Bryant, Daniel Theriault |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2012-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Youth Development |
Online Access: | http://jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article/view/155 |
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