‘Speaking Truth’ protects underrepresented minorities’ intellectual performance and safety in STEM

Education Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Ben Zeev, Avi ^a   Paluy, Yula ^a   Milless, Katlyn L ^b   Goldstein, Emily J ^a   Wallace, Lyndsey ^a   Márquez Magaña, Leticia ^a   Bibbins Domingo, Kirsten ^c   Estrada, Mica ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmation; Ethnicity; Race; STEM; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040677150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22277102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/educsci7020065     Document Type: Article

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