Black males' self-perceptions of academic ability and gifted potential in advanced science classes

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 888-911

  Rascoe, Barbara ^a   Atwater, Mary Monroe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ABILITY; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; SCIENCE TEACHING;

PERSONNEL; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 27844602887     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20077     Document Type: Article

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