Reducing the Socio-Economic Status Achievement Gap at University by Promoting Mastery-Oriented Assessment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Smeding, Annique ^a   Darnon, Céline ^b   Souchal, Carine ^b   Toczek Capelle, Marie Christine ^b   Butera, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC FAILURE; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL MOBILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881332566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071678     Document Type: Article

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