Negative Effects of School-Average Achievement on Academic Self-Concept: A Comparison of the Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect across Australian States and Territories

Autor/in	Marsh, Herbert W.
Titel	Negative Effects of School-Average Achievement on Academic Self-Concept: A Comparison of the Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect across Australian States and Territories
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 48 (2004) 1, S.5-26 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Self Concept; Foreign Countries; Academic Ability; Social Theories; Validity; Prediction; Comparative Analysis; Selective Admission; Gifted; Australia; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Selbstkonzept; Ausland; Gesellschaftstheorie; Gültigkeit; Vorhersage; Bildungsselektion; Begabter, Hoch Begabter; Australien
Abstract	Attending academically selective schools is intended to have positive effects, but a growing body of theoretical and empirical research demonstrates that the effects are negative for academic self-concept. The big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE), based on social comparison theory, posits that equally able students will have lower academic self-concepts in academically selective schools than in non-selective schools. Here we test the validity of these predictions for representative samples of 15-year-olds from eight Australian states and territories by using multi-level modelling. Consistent with the BFLPE, the effects of individual student achievement were positive but the effects of school-average achievement were negative. Although there were small differences between states/territories in academic achievement, there were no significant differences between states/territories in the negative effects of school-average ability. (Contains 4 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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