A Cross-National Comparison of School Students' Perceptions Regarding High Performing Peers

Autor/inn/en	Oh, Hyerim; Sutherland, Margaret; Stack, Niamh; del Mar Badia, Maria; Blumen, Sheyla; Nguyen Quoc, Anh-Thu; Wormald, Catherine; Maakrun, Julie; Baier, Barbara; Schmidt, Martha; Ziegler, Albert
Titel	A Cross-National Comparison of School Students' Perceptions Regarding High Performing Peers
Quelle	4 (2014) 1, S.10-23 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2146-3832
Schlagwörter	Cross Cultural Studies; Foreign Countries; Academic Achievement; High Achievement; Student Attitudes; Elementary School Students; Gender Differences; Cognitive Ability; Interpersonal Competence; Peer Acceptance; Questionnaires; Multivariate Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Grade 4; Australia; Germany; Peru; South Korea; Spain; United Kingdom; Vietnam + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Ausland; Schulleistung; Schülerverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Denkfähigkeit; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Fragebogen; Multivariate Analyse; Statistische Analyse; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Australien; Deutschland; Korea; Republik; Spanien; Großbritannien
Abstract	This cross-national scenario based study examined fourth-grade students' perceptions of high-performing classmates in terms of their expected intellectual abilities, positive social qualities and popularity among their peers across seven countries. The overall results show that high academic achievements predominantly lead to positive expectations within the peer group. However, pronounced differences were found between the countries. The results indicated that students from Spanish-speaking countries viewed their potential high-performing peers most favorably, followed by students from Australia, the United Kingdom and Germany. The least favorable expectations, but by no means negative attitude, were exhibited by students from the two East-Asian countries Korea and Vietnam. In contrast, the respondents' gender and the gender of the hypothetical successful classmates had less influence on student perceptions of high-performers. These findings have implications for the educational provision of high performing students in different cross-national contexts. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10