Connecting pieces of the puzzle: Gender differences in Black middle school students' achievement

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-48

  Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin ^a   Greene, Anthony D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

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