Exploring Bias in Math Teachers' Perceptions of Students' Ability by Gender and Race/Ethnicity

Gender and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 290-322

  Riegle Crumb, Catherine ^a   Humphries, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence children; education; math; race ethnicity; stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858630155     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243211434614     Document Type: Article

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