Race, social class, and student engagement in middle school English classrooms

Social Science Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 434-448

  Kelly, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Educational inequality; Literacy; Social identity theory; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; RACE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 43049151871     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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