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A Test of the Big Fish in a Little Pond Hypothesis: An Investigation into the Feelings of Seven-Year-Old Pupils in School

Tymms, P.

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Abstract

The feelings (self-concepts and attitudes) toward maths, reading and school of 21,000 seven-year-olds in England were investigated using multi-variate multi-level models. The most important explanatory variables were the teacher and the academic level of the pupils supporting the view that it is important to track attitudes in any monitoring system. Data are presented to support the Big Fish in a Little Pond hypothesis and estimates were also made of importance of sex, age, home background and first language to the attitudes of pupils in school.

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Tymms, P. (2001). A Test of the Big Fish in a Little Pond Hypothesis: An Investigation into the Feelings of Seven-Year-Old Pupils in School. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 12(2), 161-181. https://doi.org/10.1076/sesi.12.2.161.3452

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jun 1, 2001
Deposit Date Jan 10, 2007
Journal School Effectiveness and School Improvement
Print ISSN 0924-3453
Electronic ISSN 1744-5124
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 12
Issue 2
Pages 161-181
DOI https://doi.org/10.1076/sesi.12.2.161.3452
Keywords Self-concepts, Attitudes, Monitoring.