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Direct linkDai, David Yun – American Psychologist, 2004
Comments on the article by Marsh and Hau (see record 2003-06802-005), who tested the negative effects of attending academically selective schools; that is, a student will have lowered academic self-concept in a selective school than in a nonselective school, a big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE). The current author suggests that a major problem of…
Descriptors: Local Norms, Self Concept, Selective Admission, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
