How social comparison mediates the relation between ability-grouping practices and students' achievement expectancies in mathematics.
Journal of Educational PsychologyPublished 1 June 1989
David A. Reuman
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Abstract
This investigation tested the hypothesis that social comparison processes mediate the relation between ability-grouping practices in mathematics and students' achievement expectancies in a district-wide sample of 6th graders (N=452)
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