The effects of sending positive and negative letters to parents on the classroom behaviour of secondary school students

Educational Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-154

  Leach, David J ^a   Tan, Roger ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 7444230441     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144341960160204     Document Type: Article

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