Differential school contextual effects for math and English: Integrating the big-fish-little-pond effect and the internal/external frame of reference

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-89

  Parker, Philip D ^a,b   Marsh, Herbert W ^b,c,d   Lüdtke, Oliver ^a   Trautwein, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Academic self concept; Achievement; Multi level modeling; School contexts; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868659464     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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