When marks and tests are modeled as separate latent variables with cross-lagged effects between them, effects of self-concept on achievement completely disappear¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? In the most complex model (Model 3c), no significant path remained from self-concept to later test performance or marks, suggesting a pure skill-development model. → Helmke 1995

Evidence¶

Helmke 1995¶

Helmke, A., & van Aken, M. A. G. (1995). The causal ordering of academic achievement and self-concept of ability during elementary school: A longitudinal study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 87(4), 624-637. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.87.4.624

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LISREL Model 3c (697 students, 3 waves) treated marks and tests as separate latent variables and allowed cross-lagged paths between them; the article states that in Figure 4 "there is not a single significant path leading from self-concept to either later test performance or marks."

"However, when effects of marks on tests and vice versa were allowed, the effects of self-concept on achievement completely disappeared, suggesting a pure skill-development model."

Discussion¶

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