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ERIC Number: EJ106709
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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Teacher Behavior across Ability Groups: A Consideration of the Mediation of Pygmalion Effects
Alpert, Judith Landon
Journal of Educational Psychology, 66, 3, 348-53, Jun 74
Each of 15 second-grade Catholic school teachers' top-and bottom-reading group sessions were tape recorded. Good teacher behavior between top and bottom groups was compared by means of a correlated t -test. Findings indicated that teacher behavior may not be adversely affected by teacher expectation. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Bias, Elementary School Students, Expectation, Reading Ability, Statistical Analysis, Teacher Behavior, Teachers
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Identifiers: Pygmalion Effect