Effects of ethnicity and gender on teachers' evaluation of students' spoken responses

Urban Education

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1011-1028

  Shepherd, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement gap; language; low expectations; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051680003     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085911400325     Document Type: Article

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