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Dettmers, Swantje; Trautwein, Ulrich; Ludtke, Oliver – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2009
Although homework is generally believed to be an important supplement to in-school learning, research has not yet fully clarified the relationship between homework and achievement. This cross-cultural study analyzed the relationship between homework time and mathematics achievement drawing on data from 231,759 students in 9,791 schools and 40…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homework, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Trautwein, Ulrich; Ludtke, Oliver; Koller, Olaf – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
Two studies integrate the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE; negative effects of class-average achievement on academic self-concept, ASC), which is based upon educational psychological research, with related social psychological research that is based on social comparison theory. Critical distinctions are the nature of the social comparison…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Ability, Psychological Studies, Self Concept