Changes in race and sex stereotype threat among diverse STEM students: Relation to grades and retention in the majors

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 247-258

  Cromley, Jennifer G ^a   Perez, Tony ^b   Wills, Theodore W ^a   Tanaka, Jacqueline C ^a   Horvat, Erin McNamara ^a   Agbenyega, Emily Tancredi Brice ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; STEM retention; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878393150     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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