Urban high school students'academic communities and their effects on mathematics success

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-73

  Walker, Erica N ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic success; Ethnic minority students; Mathematics; Peer influences; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645337109     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.12.020     Document Type: Article

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