Students' race and teachers' social support affect the positive feedback bias in public schools

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1149-1161

  Harber, Kent D ^a   Gorman, Jamie L ^a   Gengaro, Frank P ^a   Butisingh, Samantha ^b   Tsang, William ^b   Ouellette, Rebecca ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback; Minorities; Positive bias; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872967945     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028110     Document Type: Article

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