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ERIC Number: EJ660134
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0038-0407
Cosmopolitan Environments and Adolescents' Gains in Social Studies.
Blau, Judith R.; Lamb, Vicki L.; Stearns, Elizabeth; Pellerin, Lisa
Sociology of Education, v74 n2 p121-38 Apr 2001
Presents a study that uses measures of neighborhood characteristics and school problems as a means to predicting students' success on achievement tests. Focuses on students in tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades. Reports that students who live in neighborhoods with no racial inequalities achieve well in social studies. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Research, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Neighborhoods, Racial Relations, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Success
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Sociology of Education is a refereed journal.