Abstract: In its simplest form, the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE) predicts that equally able students have lower academic self-concepts when attending schools where the average ability levels of classmates is high, and higher academic self-concepts ...
Summary: In a vast amount of educational research, it has been documented that a negative causal relationship exists between class or school ability level and ability self-concept. However, the aim of educational institutions is not to improve self-...
Summary: The purpose of this article is to reply - within the designated length limitation - to three invited responses to my (Marsh, 2005) overview of the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE). In its simplest form, the BFLPE predicts that equally able ...
Validation of the Selection Procedure for Special Gifted ClassesConsensually, identifying children for gifted educational programs requires the use of multiple measures, but empirical results that validate these selection decisions are still rare. In ...