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ERIC Number: EJ398498
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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How Social Comparison Mediates the Relation between Ability-Grouping Practices and Students' Achievement Expectancies in Mathematics.
Reuman, David A.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v81 n2 p178-89 Jun 1989
The hypothesis that social comparison processes mediate the relation between ability-grouping practices in mathematics and students' achievement expectancies was tested in a sample of 452 sixth-graders. Achievement expectancies depended on both the type and level of their ability-grouping assignments. The implications of this effect are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics Achievement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Social Comparison; Student Expectations