Increasing teachers' use of a 1:1 praise-to-behavior correction ratio to decrease student disruption in general education classrooms

Behavioral Interventions

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 243-260

  Pisacreta, Jeffrey ^a   Tincani, Matthew ^a   Connell, James E ^b   Axelrod, Saul ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84859828191     PISSN: 10720847     EISSN: 1099078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bin.341     Document Type: Article

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