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Direct linkWouters, Sofie; Colpin, Hilde; Van Damme, Jan; Verschueren, Karine – Educational Psychology, 2015
The big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE) model predicts students' academic self-concept to be negatively predicted by the achievement level of their reference group, controlling for individual achievement. Despite an abundance of empirical evidence supporting the BFLPE, there have been relatively few studies searching for possible moderators.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Males, Grade 6
Bursik, Krisanne; Martin, Timothy A. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2006
This study investigated ego developmental differences in adolescent academic orientations and academic achievement. A sample of 142 male and female high school students completed the Washington University Sentence Completion Test and self-report measures assessing academic locus of control, learning orientation (LO), and grade orientation (GO).…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Locus of Control, Class Rank, Academic Achievement
Download full textBoettger, Mary Ann – 1994
This study examined whether the educational practice of retaining students in junior first grade for a year between kindergarten and first grade enhanced their academic achievement and self-concept of academic ability. Subjects were 120 students randomly selected from a midwestern school district and divided equally into 4 groups: (1) recommended…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attendance
