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An Experimental Test of the Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect Using an Immersive Virtual Reality Classroom
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Direct linkLisa Hasenbein; Ulrich Trautwein; Jens-Uwe Hahn; Stephan Soller; Richard Göllner – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2024
Academic self-concept plays a central role in successful learning and is substantially shaped by social comparisons. Research on the so-called Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect (BFLPE) has yielded a highly robust and generalizable pattern of negative effects of higher class/school average achievement on students' self-concept when controlling for…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Academic Achievement, Grade 6, Student Behavior
