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¶
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q2 i? Students from lower vocational tracks believed others held relatively negative perceptions of their track, while academic-track students believed others held positive perceptions. → Brummelman 2024
q2 i? Changes in track stereotypes over time were not consistently related to changes in engagement, self-perceived ability, or academic achievement. → Brummelman 2024 (2)
Evidence¶
Brummelman 2024¶
Brummelman, E., van Atteveldt, N., Wolf, S. & Sierksma, J. (2024). Using social and behavioral science to address achievement inequality. npj Science of Learning, 9, 44. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00259-1
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The editorial reports, citing Bardach et al., a study of 3,880 secondary school students rating perceived views of their own track. "Pre-registered analyses confirmed the presence of such stereotypes"; mixed-track students fell in between. No effect sizes are printed.
"Pre-registered analyses confirmed the presence of such stereotypes, showing that students from lower, vocational tracks believed that others had relatively negative perceptions of students in their track"
Brummelman 2024 (2)¶
Brummelman, E., van Atteveldt, N., Wolf, S. & Sierksma, J. (2024). Using social and behavioral science to address achievement inequality. npj Science of Learning, 9, 44. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00259-1
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The editorial reports the same study's longitudinal null: stereotype change was "not consistently related" to outcome change, so students becoming more aware of negative stereotypes did not suffer academically. No effect sizes are printed.
"However, changes in such stereotypes over time were not consistently related to changes in engagement, self-perceived ability, or academic achievement over time."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Social Awareness and Relationship Skills — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- 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
- Students in the lowest secondary school track report higher awareness of negative school-track-related stereotypes than students in higher or combined tracks across Grades 5–8 — 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
- In the lowest track, initial stereotype awareness was positively related to initial achievement, consistent with the missed-opportunities hypothesis — related
- Initial stereotype awareness in Grade 5 was negatively related to initial school engagement in all three tracks — related
- Initial stereotype awareness was negatively related to initial self-concept of academic aptitude in the higher track — related
- Stereotype awareness increased significantly in all three tracks over the 4-year period, by roughly one third of a standard deviation — related
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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 |
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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 |
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