A desire to learn: African American children's positive attitudes toward learning within school cultures of low expectations

Teachers College Record

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1304-1329

  Lewis, Jeffrey L ^a   Kim, Eunhee ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin

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