Impact of social and dimensional comparisons on student's mathematical and English subject-interest at the beginning of secondary school

Irene M. Schurtz; Maximilian Pfost; Benjamin Nagengast; Cordula Artelt

Learning and Instruction Vol. 34, No. 1 (December 2014) pp. 32–41

Recent studies have analyzed social and dimensional comparisons simultaneously in order to consider their impact on students' academic self-concept (e.g., Chiu, 2012). Thereby, social comparisons refer to comparisons with the achievement level of...

Language: English