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Social Comparison and Knowledge Construction.
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Chambres, Patrick – Learning and Instruction, 1993
In the current article, effects of socially induced metacognitive activities on performance of 60 French elementary and secondary school students (grades 3 through 9) were studied. Performance of low-achievement students was higher in a social comparison situation than an ordinary academic situation. A strong contingent relationship between social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Educational Environment, Elementary School Students