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ERIC Number: EJ145648
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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First-Name Stereotypes as a Factor in Self-Concept and School Achievement
Garwood, S. Gray
Journal of Educational Psychology, 68, 4, 482-7, Aug 76
Subjects with first names that teachers considered desirable differed significantly from children with undesirable names, on variability, flexibility of self-description, conflict, personality integration, expectations and aspirations about achievement behavior, and standardized achievement scores. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Expectation, Grade 6, Males, Self Concept, Socioeconomic Status, Student Teacher Relationship, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Influence
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Identifiers: Childrens Self Concept of Achievement Test; Iowa Tests of Basic Skills; Name Stereotypes; Tennessee Self Concept Scale