The effect of student achievement on enjoyment is largely consistently positive across 37 countries, while the size of the negative class-average effect varies from country to country¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Country-specific two-level models showed the student-achievement effect on enjoyment was largely consistently positive across countries in all three domains. → Basarkod 2023

Evidence¶

Basarkod 2023¶

Basarkod, G., Marsh, H. W., Guo, J., Parker, P. D., Dicke, T., & Pekrun, R. (2023). The Happy-Fish-Little-Pond Effect on Enjoyment: Generalizability Across Multiple Domains and Countries. https://osf.io/kb29h/

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Country-wise forest plots (Figures 1 and 2) from two-level models estimated independently per country; the article reports some non-significant estimates (e.g., thirteen countries in science) but "largely consistently positive across countries".

"Thus, these forest plots show that the effect of student achievement on enjoyment was largely consistently positive across countries, for all three domains (even though the results from the three-level models hinted at variation in the size of effects)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Achievement Emotions — outcome: instruction changes it
• Interest — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Achievement-enjoyment effects are relatively robust to country-level moderators (HDI, Education Index, GDP per capita), except a stronger student-achievement effect on reading enjoyment in higher-HDI countries — related
• Class-average achievement negatively predicts student enjoyment across math, science, and reading (the Happy-Fish-Little-Pond Effect), with the reading effect trivially small — related
• Student-level achievement positively predicts enjoyment in math, science, and reading among fourth graders — related