Closing achievement gaps with a utility-value intervention: Disentangling race and social class.
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Closing achievement gaps with a utility-value intervention: Disentangling race and social class.
Many college students abandon their goal of completing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) when confronted with challenging introductory-level science courses. In the U.S., this trend is more pronounced for underrepresented minority (URM) and first-generation (FG) students, and contributes to persisting racial and social-class achievement gaps in higher education. Previ...
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Many college students abandon their goal of completing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) when confronted with challenging introductory-level science courses. In the U.S., this trend is more pronounced for underrepresented minority (URM) and first-generation (FG) students, and contributes to persisting racial and social-class achievement gaps in higher education. Previ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1939-1315,0022-3514
DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000075