Threat in Context: School Moderation of the Impact of Social Identity Threat on Racial/Ethnic Achievement Gaps

Sociology of Education

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 106-124

  Hanselman, Paul ^a   Bruch, Sarah K ^b   Gamoran, Adam ^c   Borman, Geoffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c William T Grant Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

racial composition; racial ethnic achievement gaps; randomized controlled trial; school context; social identity threat; social psychological mechanisms; stereotype threat; treatment effect heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898904997     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040714525970     Document Type: Article

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