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Crouzevialle, Marie; Darnon, Céline – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Recent research has documented the academic disadvantage of low social class students, whose performance is impaired by competitive educational practices. Across 2 experiments, we examined whether the pursuit of performance-approach goals (aiming to outperform others) favors the emergence of this achievement gap. We first manipulated low versus…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Social Class, Achievement Gap, Goal Orientation