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Children Left Behind: Self-Confidence of Pupils in Competitive Environments
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Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
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Y
- Source:
16
- Education Level:
Elementary Secondary Education
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- Accession Number:
10.1080/09645292.2017.1395811
- ISSN:
0964-5292
- Abstract:
To sort pupils at the end of primary school, some early-tracking systems apply a mechanism that unwittingly divides classes into two groups: students preparing for exams to enter better schools and everyone else, who decide not to compete for selective schools. Utilizing TIMSS data and a follow-up study in the Czech Republic, we show that this environment has a detrimental effect on pupils' self-confidence in mathematics, particularly among girls, who do not apply for selective schools but have peers in their classroom who do apply. Our results imply that gender gaps in self-confidence can result from school competitive environments.
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- Number of References:
41
- Publication Date:
2018
- Accession Number:
EJ1167576
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