Extrinsic reinforcement in the classroom: Bribery or best practice

School Psychology Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 344-362

  Akin Little, K Angeleque ^a   Eckert, Tanya L ^b   Lovett, Benjamin J ^b   Little, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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