ERIC Number: EJ1007775
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Feb
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The Relationship between Academic Self-Concept and Achievement: A Multicohort-Multioccasion Study
Chen, Ssu-Kuang; Yeh, Yu-Chen; Hwang, Fang-Ming; Lin, Sunny S. J.
Learning and Individual Differences, v23 p172-178 Feb 2013
Marsh and Koller (2004) combined the reciprocal-effects model and the internal/external frame-of-reference model into a unified model of relationships between academic self-concept and achievement. However, this model has only been examined with German adolescents. We decided to test this model with two-wave data drawn from a national survey of Taiwanese students. We found that reciprocal effects exist for both math and Chinese for the high-school students. However, the causal relationship of academic self-concepts and achievement for pre-adolescents seems to vary depending on school subject. Moreover, the causal effects from academic achievement decline with age, whereas those from academic self-concepts increase with age, suggesting a developmental trend. The negative cross-domain effect from prior achievement to subsequent academic self-concept is not strong in the unified model. (Contains 2 tables and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Self Concept, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Academic Ability, Models, Foreign Countries, National Surveys, High School Students, Chinese, Mathematics Achievement, Attribution Theory, Age, Developmental Stages
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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