Negotiating sociocultural discourses: The counter-storytelling of academically (and mathematically) successful African American male students

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 975-1010

  Stinson, David W ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Achievement gap; Black education; Mathematics education; Student development; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049144432     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831208319723     Document Type: Article

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