Early teacher expectations disproportionately affect poor children's high school performance

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 465-477

  Sorhagen, Nicole S ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Self fulfilling prophecy; Teacher expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881107313     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031754     Document Type: Article

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