Punished By Swards

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In the book “Punished by rewards” (1993) by Alfie Kohn, the author shows us how the teacher manipulate the mind of the students with the use of rewards and how this technique is seems like something effective in shorts terms periods, but also the negatives effects that cause to the students at long term. [7]
Alfie Kohn also proof that people which receive rewards does an inferior job than those how don’t receive them, and how the students lose interest in the class and in the rewards that they receive as well.

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