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ERIC Number: EJ323683
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Pygmalion in the Gymnasium.
Rosenthal, Robert; Babad, Elisha Y.
Educational Leadership, v43 n1 p36-39 Sep 1985
Reviews research on the concept of the self-fulfilling prophecy and how it affects education. Finds that teachers obtain superior performance from students of whom they have favorable expectations. These effects occur not only in classrooms, but in clinics, labs, and workshops, and in athletics. (MD)
Descriptors: Athletics, Bias, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation, Physical Education, Socioeconomic Status
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Physical Attractiveness; Pygmalion; Self Fulfilling Prophecy