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| Academic Achievement | 2 |
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| Expectation | 1 |
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| Hewitt, Barbara Newlin | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBrandt, Larry J.; Hayden, Mary Ellen – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
Attitudes of male and female college students are compared after having taught a successful or unsuccessful simulated student who was labeled as either an underachiever or overachiever. The data showed that the performance of the child was the major factor in determining the teachers' attitudes. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Expectation, Labeling (of Persons), Overachievement
Peer reviewedHewitt, Barbara Newlin; Goldman, Roy D. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Results indicate that the sex difference in over-achievement is probably an artifact of the sex differences in major field choice. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Females, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedRychlak, Joseph F.; Tobin, Thomas J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1971
Explores the differential impact of negatively rated and positively rated trigram paired-associate materials on underachievers and overachievers in high school. (AE)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Associative Learning, High School Students, Males
