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ERIC Number: EJ511003
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
The Effects of Gifted and Talented Programs on Academic Self-Concept: The Big Fish Strikes Again.
Marsh, Herbert W.; And Others
American Educational Research Journal, v32 n2 p285-319 Sum 1995
In 2 studies, 53 elementary school students in Australia participating in gifted and talented programs experienced systematic declines in 3 components of academic self-concept but not in 4 components of nonacademic self-concept. Results are discussed in terms of the "big-fish-little-pond" effect proposed by H. Marsh. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Gifted, Participation, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Talent
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Academic Self Concept; Australia; Big Fish Little Pond Effect; Social Comparison; Social Comparison Theory
Note: Special section titled "Teaching, Learning, and Human Development."