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McFarland, Daniel A.; Rodan, Simon – Sociology of Education, 2009
Prior work has proposed different theoretical mechanisms to explain students' course-taking patterns in schools. On the one hand, there are oversocialized accounts that claim that rules, social background factors, and supply-side factors shape observed career patterns. On the other hand, there are undersocialized accounts that claim that the…
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Socioeconomic Background, High School Students, Mathematics Instruction