Negative stereotypes shown to affect learning, not just performance, study finds. This study goes beyond the class work of Stanford's Claude Steele who found that simply filling out a blank for "Race" on a subject test depressed the scores of African Americans. Follow up studies found this effect true for women as well as different minorities on a variety of subject tests. This study investigated ability to learn precursor skills needed for higher order learning. Bottom line: stereotypes hurt.
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