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ERIC Number: EJ646350
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
Is There a Place for Me? Role Models and Academic Identity among White Students and Students of Color.
Zirkel, Sabrina
Teachers College Record, v104 n2 p357-76 Mar 2002
Surveyed early adolescents regarding the influence of race- and gender-matched role models. Students with race- and gender- matched role models at the beginning of the study performed better academically, had more achievement-oriented goals, enjoyed achievement-related activities more, thought more about their futures, and looked up to adults rather than peers more often than students without such models. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diversity (Student), Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Minority Groups, Racial Factors, Role Models, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes, White Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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