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Shielding a few students from stereotypes benefits everyone's grades, Stanford research shows
Sharing a classroom with students who are protected from negative stereotypes about their group can boost all students’ grades, new Stanford research shows.
The study was published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Joseph Powers, a Stanford psychology graduate student and lead author on the paper, said that “changing the psychological processes of just a few individuals can transform the larger group in ways that benefit everyone.” Powers was joined in the research by Stanford psychology Professor Geoffrey Cohen. Both are at Stanford Graduate School of Education.