MSU Today just published an article about my recent research.
Here’s an excerpt and link to the full story below
The anxiety that comes with feeling like an outsider in the classroom can hinder students’ learning and, ironically, teachers could be making it worse, according to a new study by a Michigan State University researcher.
Scholarship students, first-generation college students and minorities feel intense pressure to perform well – much of which is perpetuated by stereotypes that society, including teachers, reinforce, said Peter De Costa, assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, who specializes in identity and language learning.
http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2016/teachers-could-be-making-students-anxiety-worse/
