Domain identification predicts black students' underperformance on moderately-difficult tests

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-109

  Lawrence, Jason S ^a   Marks, Bryant T ^b   Jackson, James S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b Morehouse University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain identification; Group identification; Stereotype threat; Test performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954034464     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-010-9159-8     Document Type: Article

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