The authors interpret stereotype threat as a partial explanation for the standardized-test achievement gap between low- and high-SES students¶
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q1 i? The authors state that stereotype threat may partly explain the disparity in standardized test scores between low- and high-SES students. → Spencer 2007
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Spencer 2007¶
Spencer, B; Castano, E (2007). Social class is dead, long live social class! Stereotype threat among low-socioeconomic individuals. Social Justice Research. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11211-007-0047-7
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Authors' interpretation offered in the abstract: the experimental threat effects "may partly explain the disparity on standardized test scores between low- and high-SES students." This is an interpretive claim about the gap, not a direct measurement of it; the article offers no effect size for the gap explanation.
"These results help us better understand the role stereotyping plays in the academic performance of low-SES students, and may partly explain the disparity on standardized test scores between low- and high-SES students."
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Related Claims¶
- Low-SES students, but not high-SES students, generate stereotype-consistent inferences linking targets' social class and memory ability — related
- Students' SES and academic achievement level moderate their use of the SES stereotype — related
- Making socioeconomic identity salient or presenting a test as diagnostic of intelligence leads low-SES students to perform significantly worse and report lower self-confidence than low-SES participants in non-threatening conditions — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Negative stereotype salience combined with high ethnic self-identification inhibits academic performance, while positive stereotypes facilitate it — a broader claim this one bears on
- Brilliance-oriented contexts heighten anxiety among intellectually stigmatized students — related
- Sequential mediation through both intellectual helplessness and working memory is not significant — related
- Predominantly Hispanic and schools serving large numbers of African American and Hispanic students have lower standardized test scores than predominantly White schools even after adjusting for socioeconomic factors — related
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The authors interpret stereotype threat as a partial explanation for the standardized-test achievement gap between low- and high-SES students |
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The authors interpret stereotype threat as a partial explanation for the standardized-test achievement gap between low- and high-SES students |
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