Why do students holding non-prestigious high school degrees underachieve at the university?

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 167-175

  Croizet, Jean Claude ^a,b   Dutrévis, Marion ^a   Désert, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Motivation; Self esteem; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036768013     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.61.3.167     Document Type: Article

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