Teachers’ Expectations and Pupil Performance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8220947 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Glen E Mendels (Bowling Green State University, corresponding author), James P Flanders (Bowling Green State University) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 203-211 |
| Publication date | 1973-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Educational Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8312 • E-ISSN: 1935-1011 |
| Publisher | American Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3102/00028312010003203 |
| OpenAlex | W2109742436 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
In light of the failure of most attempts to replicate the original demonstration of potent teacher expectancy effects by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968), the following study was performed. Within each of ten first grade classes for educationally deprived students, one half of the pupils were pretested with the Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) and were then randomly assigned to an experimental or control group. Three weeks after the pretesting, teachers received reports stating that pupils in the experimental group had hidden academic potential and might show academic gains during the school year. Pupils were retested with the CAT six months later. Although the experimental group tended to make greater gain scores (as measured by IQ and raw scores) on the CAT (p
Academic achievement · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Expectancy theory · Mathematics education · Pupil · Reading (process · Test (biology · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology · Teacher Professional Development and Motivation
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| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1977 - 2018 (42) |
| Highly cited | No |