In the lowest track, initial stereotype awareness was positively related to initial achievement, consistent with the missed-opportunities hypothesis¶
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q3 i? Grade 5 stereotype awareness was significantly and positively related to initial achievement in the lowest track (b = 0.647), with relationships not significant in the other two tracks. → Lisa Bardach 2023
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Lisa Bardach 2023¶
Lisa Bardach, Claudia Neuendorf, Kou Murayama, Thorsten Fahrbach, Michel Knigge, Benjamin Nagengast, and Ulrich Trautwein. (2023). Does students' awareness of school-track-related stereotypes exacerbate inequalities in education? npj Science of Learning 8:59. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00203-9
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Cross-sectional (RQ3) achievement paths from the multigroup growth curve models; the lowest-track effect differed significantly from the higher and combined tracks (both ps < 0.001). The authors interpret it as support for the stereotype-awareness-as-an-indicator-of-missed-opportunities hypothesis.
"Initial levels of school-track-related stereotype awareness in Grade 5 were significantly and positively related to initial levels of achievement in the lowest track (b = 0.647, p < 0.001), whereas the relationships were not statistically significant in the two other tracks"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Stereotype Threat — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Initial stereotype awareness predicted a more maladaptive development of achievement over 4 years in the combined track — related
- Initial stereotype awareness in Grade 5 was negatively related to initial school engagement in all three tracks — related
- Changes in stereotype awareness were not significantly related to changes in academic achievement, self-concept, or engagement in any track, contradicting the amplifier-of-inequality hypothesis — related
- Initial stereotype awareness was negatively related to initial self-concept of academic aptitude in the higher track — related
- Track-related stereotypes exist among secondary students, but changes in stereotype awareness were not consistently related to changes in engagement, self-perceived ability, or achievement — related
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In the lowest track, initial stereotype awareness was positively related to initial achievement, consistent with the missed-opportunities hypothesis |
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In the lowest track, initial stereotype awareness was positively related to initial achievement, consistent with the missed-opportunities hypothesis |
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2023 |
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