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Autor/inn/en | Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Lau, Ivy Cheuk-yin |
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Titel | The Internal/External Frame of Reference in the Self-Concept Development of Higher Education Students. |
Quelle | (1998), (9 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Academic Achievement; Chinese; College Students; English; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Mathematics; Models; Self Concept; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Student Development; Theories |
Abstract | This study examined the internal/external (I/E) frame of reference model of self-concept (Marsh, 1986) with higher education students in Hong Kong (n=274). Structural equation models relating English and math achievement (both requirements for university entrance) to English and math self-concepts replicated the I/E model in that paths leading from prior achievement to subsequent self-concept in matching curriculum domains were positive and statistically significant, indicating a strong external social comparison of students' own competence with the competence of other students in forming their self-concepts; paths from prior achievement to subsequent self-concept in nonmatching domains were negative and statistically significant, indicating a strong internal comparison between students' own competence in different curriculum areas. When the model was tested with Chinese (the students' mother tongue but not a requirement for higher education), paths relating matching curriculum domains were significantly positive as expected, indicating a strong external frame of reference; paths relating nonmatching domains were close to zero, indicating that the internal comparison between subject areas was weak. The study extends previous research by demonstrating that the I/E model is applicable to higher education students, but only when both the verbal and math achievements are salient sources of feedback for the development of self-concept in an academic setting. (Contains 33 references.) (Author/DB) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |