Uncovering scientist Stereotypes and their relationships with student race and student success in a diverse, community college setting

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Schinske, Jeffrey ^a   Cardenas, Monica ^a   Kaliangara, Jahana ^a  

^a Biology Department De Anza College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MANPOWER; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; STEREOTYPING; STUDENT; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCIENCE; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84940970419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.14-12-0231     Document Type: Article

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