Stereotype Threat Among Schoolgirls in Quasi-Ordinary Classroom Circumstances

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 545-560

  Huguet, Pascal ^a,b   Régner, Isabelle ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

Author keywords

classroom; ROCF task; schoolgirls; stereotype threat; visual memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548841676     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.3.545     Document Type: Article

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