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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
