Peer networks, behavior contingencies, and children's engagement in the classroom

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-171

  Sage, Nicole A ^a   Kindermann, Thomas A ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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