The use of dependent group contingencies to increase on-task behavior in two general education classrooms

Education and Treatment of Children

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 459-468

  Heering, Paul W ^a   Wilder, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom intervention; Dependent group contingencies; On task behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749508694     PISSN: 07488491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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