Increasing teachers' use of praise with a response-to-intervention approach

Education and Treatment of Children

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-59

  Myers, Diane M ^a   Simonsen, Brandi ^b   Sugai, George ^b  

^a ASSUMPTION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 78751529604     PISSN: 07488491     EISSN: 19348924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/etc.2011.0004     Document Type: Article

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