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Download full textTauber, Robert T. – 1998
Research suggests that teacher expectations can predict changes in student achievement and behavior. This Digest discusses the Pygmalion effect, or the idea that one's expectations about a person can eventually lead that person to behave and achieve in ways that conform to those expectations. Many teachers believe that they can judge ahead of time…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Labeling (of Persons), Self Fulfilling Prophecies
Brophy, Jere – 1996
Perfectionist students are not satisfied with merely doing well or even with doing better than their peers. They are satisfied only if they have done a job perfectly. Problems associated with forms of perfectionism that focus on seeking success are relatively minor, but problems associated with forms of perfectionism that focus on avoiding failure…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Failure, Achievement Need, Attitude Change
Benard, Bonnie – 1995
This digest summarizes studies that provide evidence that youth with multiple and severe risks in their lives can develop into confident and competent adults; and discusses the critical role schools can play in this process of development. Resilience is the term used to describe a set of qualities that foster a process of successful adaptation and…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Critical Thinking, Educational Environment
Benard, Bonnie – 1996
This digest summarizes studies that provide evidence that youth with multiple and severe risks in their lives can develop into confident and competent adults, and discusses the critical role schools can play in this process of development. Resilience is the term used to describe a set of qualities that foster a process of successful adaptation and…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Critical Thinking, Educational Environment
Anderman, Lynley Hicks; Midgley, Carol – 1999
Research has shown a decline in motivation and performance for many children as they move from elementary school into middle school; however, research has also shown that the nature of motivational change on entry to middle school depends on characteristics of the learning environment in which students find themselves. This Digest outlines some…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Classroom Environment, Early Adolescents
Anderman, Lynley Hicks; Midgley, Carol – 1998
Research has shown a decline in motivation and performance for many children as they move from elementary school into middle school; however, research has also shown that the nature of motivational change on entry to middle school depends on characteristics of the learning environment in which students find themselves. This Digest outlines some…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Classroom Environment, Early Adolescents
