Racial storylines and implications for learning

Human Development

Volumn 55, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 285-301

  Nasir, Na'ilah Suad ^a   Snyder, Cyndy R ^b   Shah, Niral ^a   Ross, Kihana Miraya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African American students; Learning; Racial stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SCHOOL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 84872350595     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: 14230054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345318     Document Type: Article

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