The Big-fish-little-pond effect and a national policy of within-school ability streaming: alternative frames of reference
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Liem, Gregory Arief D., Marsh, Herbert W., Martin, Andrew J., McInerney, Dennis M. and Yeung, Alexander S.. (2013). The Big-fish-little-pond effect and a national policy of within-school ability streaming: alternative frames of reference. American Educational Research Journal. 50(2), pp. 326 - 370. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831212464511
Authors | Liem, Gregory Arief D., Marsh, Herbert W., Martin, Andrew J., McInerney, Dennis M. and Yeung, Alexander S. |
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Abstract | The big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE) was evaluated with 4,461 seventh to ninth graders in Singapore where a national policy of ability streaming is implemented. Consistent with the BFLPE, when prior achievement was controlled, students in the high-ability stream had lower English and mathematics self-concepts (ESCs and MSCs) and those in the lower-ability stream had higher ESCs and MSCs. Consistent with the local-dominance effect, the effect of stream-average achievement on ESCs and MSCs was more negative than—and completely subsumed—the negative effect of school-average achievement. However, stream-average achievement was stronger than, or as strong as, the more local class-average achievement. Taken together, findings highlight the potential interplay of a local dominance effect with variability and/or salience of target comparisons in academic self-concept formations. |
Keywords | academic self-concept; big-fish-little-pond effect; Singapore; ability stream; social comparison |
Year | 2013 |
Journal | American Educational Research Journal |
Journal citation | 50 (2), pp. 326 - 370 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc. |
ISSN | 0002-8312 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831212464511 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84875323178 |
Page range | 326 - 370 |
Research Group | Institute for Positive Psychology and Education |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United States of America |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8763w/the-big-fish-little-pond-effect-and-a-national-policy-of-within-school-ability-streaming-alternative-frames-of-reference
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