So young and already victims of stereotype threat: Socio-economic status and performance of 6 to 9 years old children on raven's progressive matrices

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-218

  Désert, Michel ^a   Préaux, Marie ^a   Jund, Robin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Scholastic performance; Socio economic status; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650486130     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173012     Document Type: Article

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