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Teachers’ Cognition of Rewards and Punishments to Improve Discipline in the General Classrooms of Ghana: A case of Yiadom Boakye Demonstration Junior High School (JHS) in Berekum

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Department of Education and Professional Studies, St. Louis College of Education, Kumasi, Ghana
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Department of Education, Berekum College of Education, Berekum, Ghana
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Department of Pedagogy, St. Joseph College of Education, Bechem, Ghana
Page(s): 283-288
Received
December 20, 2021
Revised
May 27, 2022
Accepted
July 30, 2022
Published
October 07, 2022
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Boateng, C. A. , Appiah-Kubi, E. , & Rapheal, D. (2022). Teachers’ Cognition of Rewards and Punishments to Improve Discipline in the General Classrooms of Ghana: A case of Yiadom Boakye Demonstration Junior High School (JHS) in Berekum. Current Research in Public Health, 2(6), 283-288. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojer.2022.458
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Boateng, C. A. ; Appiah-Kubi, E. ; Rapheal, D. Teachers’ Cognition of Rewards and Punishments to Improve Discipline in the General Classrooms of Ghana: A case of Yiadom Boakye Demonstration Junior High School (JHS) in Berekum. Current Research in Public Health 2022 2(6), 283-288. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojer.2022.458
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Boateng, Charles Akuoku, Eric Appiah-Kubi, and Denteh Rapheal. 2022. "Teachers’ Cognition of Rewards and Punishments to Improve Discipline in the General Classrooms of Ghana: A case of Yiadom Boakye Demonstration Junior High School (JHS) in Berekum". Current Research in Public Health 2, no. 6: 283-288. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojer.2022.458
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Boateng CA, Appiah-Kubi E, Rapheal D. Teachers’ Cognition of Rewards and Punishments to Improve Discipline in the General Classrooms of Ghana: A case of Yiadom Boakye Demonstration Junior High School (JHS) in Berekum. Current Research in Public Health. 2022; 2(6):283-288. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojer.2022.458
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