Curriculum tracking and teacher expectations: Evidence from discrepant course taking models

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-294

  Kelly, Sean ^a   Carbonaro, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Social categorization; Teacher expectations; Tracking; Within student models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865589098     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-012-9182-6     Document Type: Article

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