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ERIC Number: EJ127419
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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The Pygmalion Effect: What Teacher Behaviors Mediate It
Bellamy, G. Thomas
Psychology in the Schools, 12, 4, 454-460, Oct 75
Current literature suggests that a teacher's expectancies for a pupil may in part determine the pupil's subsequent behavior. This review asks how such expectancies affect the teacher's own behavior, with the goal of determining what teacher behaviors mediate the observed effect on the pupil. A model of this process is proposed. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Prediction, Reinforcement, Responses, State of the Art Reviews, Teacher Behavior
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Identifiers: Pygmalion Effect