Students' math and verbal self-concepts are near-zero correlated even though their math and verbal achievement levels are strongly positively correlated¶

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q4 i0 Across the pooled IPD meta-analysis dataset, the correlation between math and verbal self-concepts was close to zero and nonsignificant (r = .02), whereas math and verbal achievement levels correlated strongly positively (r = .65). → Fabian Wolff · Jens Möller 2022

Evidence¶

Fabian Wolff · Jens Möller 2022¶

Fabian Wolff · Jens Möller. (2022). An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of the Joint Effects of Social, Dimensional, and Temporal Comparisons on Students' Academic Self-Concepts. Educational Psychology Review (2022) 34:2569–2608. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09686-1

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Preliminary bivariate correlation analysis of the pooled IPD dataset (N = 45,248) in the meta-analysis. The near-zero self-concept correlation ("r = .02, p = .71") alongside the strong achievement correlation ("r = .65, p < .001") replicates the paradox motivating the I/E model.

"the correlation between students' math and verbal self-concepts was close to zero and nonsignificant (r = .02, p = .71), whereas the correlation between their math and verbal achievement levels was strongly positive (r = .65, p < .001)"

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Related Claims¶

• The 2I/E model is supported: social comparison effects are moderate, dimensional comparison effects small to moderate, and temporal comparison effects small on math and verbal self-concepts — a broader claim this one bears on
• Students' math and verbal achievement changes are positively correlated — related
• Mathematics self-concept correlates strongly with mathematics achievement (r = .43), while verbal self-concept barely does (r = .12) — related
• Meta-analytic path analyses show math and verbal achievements correlate highly positively while the corresponding self-concepts correlate near zero, with significant negative cross-domain paths — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Meta-analytic evidence supports strong positive within-domain effects and small to moderate negative between-domain effects in the classic I/E model — related