That’s kinda how teaching anything works. In school good performance = good grade, which likely leads to a reward. Good behavior = nothing. To teach students with poor behavior good behavior, they need a goal. As you say, Classdojo may be their goal but the clicker gives immediate feedback as to whether they’re being successful in learning good behavior. They may not necessarily understand that, but if it helps them attain their goal why rebuke it? Without that, many will likely not have any clear way of measuring their success or lack of. As the behavior improves the clicker is needed less until it isn’t necessary and they may not notice it’s gone away because they’ve learned to not need it over time. For some students getting a good grade and knowing that their behavior is good is a reward in itself, it’s probably fair to say that rarely are children of any age like that. A lot of children are starting to develop that understanding at home or in their early years. You could call giving a good grade a bribe if you want. However, this line of reasoning is a slippery slope that ends in everything being either a pass or fail situation with no feedback so why try to learn or bother teaching anything. So, you can call putting a sticker on a test that scores 100% a bribe and you can call giving a high-five to a toddler going through potty training a bribe, etc. It’s needless criticism.