The Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect for Reading Self-Beliefs: A Cross-National Exploration With PISA 2018

Autor: Geetanjali Basarkod, Herbert W. Marsh, Jiesi Guo, Theresa Dicke, Kate Xu, Philip D. Parker
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Basarkod, G, Marsh, H, Guo, J, Dicke, T, Xu, M & Parker, P 2020 ' The Big-fish-little-pond Effect for Reading Self-beliefs : A Cross-national Exploration with PISA 2018 ' EdArXiv Preprints . https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/7wbxj
Basarkod, G, Marsh, H, Guo, J, Dicke, T, Xu, M & Parker, P 2023, ' The Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect for Reading Self-Beliefs : A Cross-National Exploration with PISA 2018 ', Scientific Studies of Reading, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 375-392 . https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2023.2174028
Geetanjali Basarkod
DOI: 10.35542/osf.io/7wbxj
Popis: PurposePast research shows the Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect (BFLPE; negative effect of school-average achievement on student-level academic self-concept) to generalize across countries. However, such evidence is largely limited to math and science. Given that reading self-concept is highly differentiated from math and science self-concepts and plays an important role in predicting educational outcomes, it is essential to examine the universality of the BFLPE and its underlying social-comparison process within this domain.MethodWe assess the cross-national generalizability of the BFLPE for 15-year-olds’ reading self-concept using Programme for International Students Assessment 2018 (533,165 students, 72 countries). To demonstrate that the BFLPE operates with a relative—rather than absolute—frame of reference for comparison, we juxtapose difficulty experienced with reading in general (self-concept perceived difficulty; relative frame of reference), with difficulty experienced with reading specifically during the PISA test (PISA test difficulty; absolute frame of reference).ResultsOur findings show that the BFLPE for both the reading self-concept perceived competence and difficulty subscales was robust across countries. Further, the BFLPE was strong for self-concept subscales, but very weak for the PISA test difficulty scale.ConclusionsOur findings extend support for the generalizability of the BFLPE to reading self-concept and highlight the role of social comparison processes underlying this effect.
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