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Hanselman, Paul; Rozek, Christopher S.; Grigg, Jeffrey; Pyne, Jaymes; Borman, Geoffrey – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
One approach to reducing persistent racial/ethnic achievement gaps is to tackle their social-psychological dimensions, including the negative consequences of stereotype threat and other identity threats in school. Initial research suggested that a particularly promising approach is brief self-affirmation writing exercises for 7th grade students;…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Self Esteem, Cohort Analysis, Stereotypes