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Seaton, Marjorie; Marsh, Herbert W.; Craven, Rhonda G. – American Educational Research Journal, 2010
Research evidence for the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE) has demonstrated that attending high-ability schools has a negative effect on academic self-concept. Utilizing multilevel modeling with the 2003 Program for International Student Assessment database, the present investigation evaluated the generalizability and robustness of the BFLPE…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Self Concept, Academic Achievement, Selective Admission
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Seaton, Marjorie; Marsh, Herbert W.; Craven, Rhonda G. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
For more than 2 decades, big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE) research has demonstrated that students in high-ability classes and schools have lower academic self-concepts than their equally able counterparts in mixed-ability schools. However, cross-cultural BFLPE research has been limited to mostly developed and individualist countries. Using the…
Descriptors: Animals, Academic Achievement, Educational Practices, Developed Nations