Unraveling the race paradox of achievement and self-views

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Eccleston, Collette P ^a   Smyth, Joshua M ^a   Lopoo, Leonard M ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Devaluing; Discounting; Racial achievement gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894235160     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-009-9106-2     Document Type: Article

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