Bridging multiple worlds: How African American and latino youth in academic outreach programs navigate math pathways to college

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 73-87

  Cooper, Catherine R ^a   Cooper, Robert G ^b   Azmitia, Margarita ^a   Chavira, Gabriela ^a   Gullatt, Yvette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0010244808     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532480XADS0602_3     Document Type: Article

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