40 research outputs found
On the best proximity point for the proximal contractive and nonexpansive mappings on the starshaped sets
The effect of editorial appointments on the citations of sociology journal editors, 1970–1989
The Use of Dynamic Testing to Reveal High Academic Potential and Under-Achievement in a Culturally Different Population
High-Ranked Social Science Journal Articles Can Be Identified from Early Citation Information
Stereotype Threat
Why do some groups of students score lower than do others on standardized tests? Stereotype threat theory proposes that added pressure from the threat of confirming a negative stereotype impairs test performance. A related theory of differential expected consequences proposes that low-status test takers also expect negative consequences from doing too well on the test. Two laboratory studies investigated whether stereotype threat. differential expected consequences, or both impair test performance on standard mental ability tests. Stereotype threat and differential expected consequences were both found to impair scores on a standard test of mental ability, the Raven Advanced Progressive Matrices. Moreover, both theories explain how the test scores of the best students may be the most severely affected by negative stereotypes. © 2004 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC