Cultural models of education and academic performance for Native American and European American students

School Psychology International

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 439-452

  Fryberg, Stephanie A ^a   Covarrubias, Rebecca ^a   Burack, Jacob A ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic performance; culture; Native American; social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881088563     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034312446892     Document Type: Article

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