Stereotype Threat in the Real World

Stereotype Threat: Theory, Process, and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Aronson, Joshua ^a   Dee, Thomas ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Black white test score gap; High stakes testing; Stereotype threat; Testing and measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921767793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199732449.003.0017     Document Type: Chapter

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