Phantom and big-fish-little-pond-effects on academic self-concept and academic achievement : Evidence from English early primary schools
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Televantou, Ioulia, Marsh, Herbert W., Dicke, Theresa and Nicolaides, Christos. (2021). Phantom and big-fish-little-pond-effects on academic self-concept and academic achievement : Evidence from English early primary schools. Learning and Instruction. 71, p. Article 101399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2020.101399
Authors | Televantou, Ioulia, Marsh, Herbert W., Dicke, Theresa and Nicolaides, Christos |
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Abstract | The Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect (BFLPE) suggests that school-average achievement has a negative effect on academic self-concept (ASC); some research has also verified a negative effect on students' academic achievement. Our study evaluates the compositional effects of school-average achievement on both outcomes, using a longitudinal sample of English early primary school students in Year 1 and Year 4. We provide evidence for BFLPEs in children as young as six to nine years of age. Further, we show that the BFLPE is a potential mechanism in the negative compositional effect of school average achievement in Year 1 on students' achievement in Year 4. Once adjustments for measurement error are made, the negative effect of school-average achievement on students' self-concept, and on their subsequent achievement, becomes even more negative. Our findings question previous research suggesting that attending a school with higher average achievement necessarily advances students’ outcomes. |
Keywords | big-fish-little-pond effect; academic self-concept; early primary years; measurement error; compositional effects |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Learning and Instruction |
Journal citation | 71, p. Article 101399 |
Publisher | Elsevier Ltd |
ISSN | 0959-4752 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2020.101399 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85091223852 |
Open access | Published as green open access |
Page range | 1-10 |
Author's accepted manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 19 Sep 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 20 Aug 2020 |
Deposited | 19 Nov 2021 |
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