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Direct linkSeaton, Marjorie; Marsh, Herbert W.; Parker, Philip D.; Craven, Rhonda G.; Yeung, Alexander S. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2015
The reciprocal effects model (REM) predicts a reciprocal relation between academic self-concept and academic achievement, whereby prior academic self-concept is associated with future gains in achievement, and prior achievement is related to subsequent academic self-concept. Although research in this area has been extensive, there has been a…
Descriptors: Correlation, Self Concept, Academic Achievement, Selective Admission
Seaton, Marjorie; Marsh, Herbert W.; Craven, Rhonda G. – American Educational Research Journal, 2010
Research evidence for the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE) has demonstrated that attending high-ability schools has a negative effect on academic self-concept. Utilizing multilevel modeling with the 2003 Program for International Student Assessment database, the present investigation evaluated the generalizability and robustness of the BFLPE…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Self Concept, Academic Achievement, Selective Admission
Seaton, Marjorie; Marsh, Herbert W.; Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Craven, Rhonda – Australian Journal of Education, 2011
Big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE) research has demonstrated that academic self-concept is negatively affected by attending high-ability schools. This article examines data from large, representative samples of 15-year-olds from each Australian state, based on the three Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) databases that focus on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Secondary School Students, Academic Ability
Peer reviewedMarsh, Herbert W.; Hau, Kit-Tai – American Psychologist, 2003
Conducted a cross-cultural study of the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE), which posits that a student will have a lower academic self-concept in an academically selective school than in a non-selective school. Findings for 103,558 high school students in 26 countries support the BFLPE. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools
Marsh, Herbert W. – Australian Journal of Education, 2004
Attending academically selective schools is intended to have positive effects, but a growing body of theoretical and empirical research demonstrates that the effects are negative for academic self-concept. The big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE), based on social comparison theory, posits that equally able students will have lower academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Self Concept, Foreign Countries, Academic Ability
