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Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise and Other Bribes
 
 
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Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise and Other Bribes (Paperback)

by Alfie Kohn (Author) "THERE IS A TIME to admire the grace and persuasive power of an influential idea, and there is a time to fear its hold over..." (more)
Key Phrases: New York, Richard Ryan, Barry Schwartz (more...)
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Kohn, the author of other iconoclastic books, among them You Know What They Say: The Truth About Popular Beliefs ( LJ 8/90), here shows how rewards of all sorts undermine our efforts to teach students, manage workers, and raise children. Although aimed at a general audience, the book is based on extensive research and documented with almost 100 pages of notes and re