Expectancy effects in the classroom: A special focus on improving the reading performance of minority students in first-grade classrooms

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-126

  Good, Thomas L ^a   Nichols, Sharon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035616674     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326985EP3602_6     Document Type: Article

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