Seeing the Destination AND the Path: Using Identity-Based Motivation to Understand and Reduce Racial Disparities in Academic Achievement

Social Issues and Policy Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 159-194

  Oyserman, Daphna ^a   Lewis, Neil A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

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EID: 85009282333     PISSN: 17512395     EISSN: 17512409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sipr.12030     Document Type: Article

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