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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Big-fish-little-pond-effect"”.
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Gifted adolescents : social comparisons and changes in self- concept on entering a rigourous academic program in a residential environment
… high school juniors and seniors. Following the Big-Fish-Little-Pond-Effect (BFLPE) theory it was hypothesized that, as students compared themselves to a homogeneous, high-ability group, their academic self-concepts would decrease. Social self-concepts, however, were hypothesized to increase due …
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Participation in Post-Secondary Honors Programs: Predictors and Effects
… studies to estimate the magnitude of effect for participation in honors education on academic achievement. Further, research findings support non-cognitive factors such as academic self-concept (ASC) and self-efficacy that influence the decision to participate in honors, yet little …
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Physical self-concept and gender : the role of frame of reference and social comparison among adolescent females
… study were to investigate a BFLPE and moderating effects of class type among female students in physical education. It was hypothesized that: a) individual ability would positively predict sport self-concept and class-level ability; b) class-level ability would negatively predict sport …
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Middle School Girls' Math Self-Concepts in Japan and the United States: A Socio-Ecological Approach
… on collaboration over competition. Contextual effects demonstrated that in both countries, both girls and boys reported lower math competence beliefs in higher-achieving math classes, although lower effects than other big-fish-little-pond effect studies supports prior research suggesting that …