Educational Expectations and School Achievement of Urban African American Children

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 403-424

  Gill, Sukhdeep ^b   Reynolds, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirations; At risk populations; Children; Early intervention; School achievement; Teacher expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012038157     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4405(99)00027-8     Document Type: Article

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