The Development of Math-Race Stereotypes: "They Say Chinese People Are the Best at Math"

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 630-637

  Cvencek, Dario ^a   Nasir, Na'ilah S ^b   O'Connor, Kathleen ^c   Wischnia, Sarah ^c   Meltzoff, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84945494501     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12151     Document Type: Article

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