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Trautwein, Ulrich; Ludtke, Oliver; Marsh, Herbert W.; Nagy, Gabriel – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
Results from prior research indicate that a student's academic self-concept is negatively influenced by the achievement of others in his or her school (a frame of reference effect) and that this negative frame of reference effect is not or only slightly reduced by the quality, standing, or prestige of the track or school attended (a "reflected…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Social Psychology
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Trautwein, Ulrich; Ludtke, Oliver; Baumert, Jurgen; Koller, Olaf – American Educational Research Journal, 2007
According to the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE), attending academically selective high schools negatively affects academic self-concept. Does the BFLPE persist after graduation from high school? In two large, representative samples of German high school students (Study 1: 2,306 students, 147 schools; Study 2: 1,758 students, 94 schools), the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Self Concept Measures