Task performance of black and white children across levels of presentation variability

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 427-437

  Boykin, A Wade ^a   Davis, Linda Hart ^a   Allen, Brenda ^b   Senior, Ann Marie ^c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0347874903     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223989709603530     Document Type: Article

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