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Wolff, Fabian; Helm, Friederike; Junge, Fynn; Möller, Jens – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Dimensional comparisons are comparisons of one's accomplishments between two domains (e.g., comparisons between math and verbal achievements) that affect our self-perceptions in the domains compared with each other. In particular, dimensional comparisons explain the seemingly paradoxical finding, described in the internal/external frame of…
Descriptors: Models, Self Concept, Task Analysis, Comparative Analysis
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Müller-Kalthoff, Hanno; Jansen, Malte; Schiefer, Irene M.; Helm, Friederike; Nagy, Nicole; Möller, Jens – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Dimensional comparison theory (DCT; Möller & Marsh, 2013) assumes that students compare their academic achievement intraindividually across domains to form domain-specific self-concepts. Upward dimensional comparisons are believed to lead to lower self-concepts in the worse-off domain, while downward dimensional comparisons should lead to…
Descriptors: Self Concept, German, Mathematics Achievement, Comparative Analysis
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Webb, Noreen M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1982
The relationships among students and group characteristics, group interaction, and achievement in cooperative small groups were investigated. Three categories of interaction were related to achievement: receiving no explanation in response to a question or error was negatively related to achievement; giving explanations and receiving explanations…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Group Dynamics, Learning Processes, Mathematics Achievement