Expectancy-value models for the STEM persistence plans of ninth-grade, high-ability students: A comparison between black, hispanic, and white students

Science Education

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 216-242

  Andersen, Lori ^a   Ward, Thomas J ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 84894072527     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.21092     Document Type: Article

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