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Better-than-Average Effects in Secondary Education: A 3-Year Follow-Up
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Kuyper, Hans; Dijkstra, Pieternel – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2009
The present study examined the "better-than-average" (BTA) effect among secondary school students during 3 consecutive years. It was hypothesized that boys would overestimate their abilities relative to their classmates more than girls and that comparative evaluations of liking would be positively related to comparative evaluations of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Followup Studies, Gender Differences