The big-fish-little-pond effect on mathematics self-concept: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates
The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents This study examined the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE; Marsh, 1987) on mathematics self-concept of 7404 adolescents (female = 3767 [51%], male = 3637 [49%] ; M age = 15.85 years, SD = 0.28) from 456 schools in the United Arab Emirate...
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| author | Areepattamannil, S. Khine, Myint Swe Al Nuaimi, S. |
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| description | The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents This study examined the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE; Marsh, 1987) on mathematics self-concept of 7404 adolescents (female = 3767 [51%], male = 3637 [49%] ; M age = 15.85 years, SD = 0.28) from 456 schools in the United Arab Emirates, one of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. The results of multilevel regression analyses indicated good support for the BFLPE's theoretical predictions: the effect of individual student mathematics achievement on individual student mathematics self-concept was positive and statistically significant, whereas the effect of school-average mathematics achievement on individual student mathematics self-concept was negative and statistically significant. Moreover, the interaction between school-average mathematics achievement and individual student mathematics achievement was small and non-significant. Implications of the findings for policy and practice are briefly discussed. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-543392017-10-31T01:15:26Z The big-fish-little-pond effect on mathematics self-concept: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates Areepattamannil, S. Khine, Myint Swe Al Nuaimi, S. The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents This study examined the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE; Marsh, 1987) on mathematics self-concept of 7404 adolescents (female = 3767 [51%], male = 3637 [49%] ; M age = 15.85 years, SD = 0.28) from 456 schools in the United Arab Emirates, one of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. The results of multilevel regression analyses indicated good support for the BFLPE's theoretical predictions: the effect of individual student mathematics achievement on individual student mathematics self-concept was positive and statistically significant, whereas the effect of school-average mathematics achievement on individual student mathematics self-concept was negative and statistically significant. Moreover, the interaction between school-average mathematics achievement and individual student mathematics achievement was small and non-significant. Implications of the findings for policy and practice are briefly discussed. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54339 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.06.005 Academic Press restricted |
| spellingShingle | Areepattamannil, S. Khine, Myint Swe Al Nuaimi, S. The big-fish-little-pond effect on mathematics self-concept: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates |
| title | The big-fish-little-pond effect on mathematics self-concept: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates |
| title_full | The big-fish-little-pond effect on mathematics self-concept: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates |
| title_fullStr | The big-fish-little-pond effect on mathematics self-concept: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates |
| title_full_unstemmed | The big-fish-little-pond effect on mathematics self-concept: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates |
| title_short | The big-fish-little-pond effect on mathematics self-concept: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates |
| title_sort | big-fish-little-pond effect on mathematics self-concept: evidence from the united arab emirates |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54339 |