Self-fulfilling prophecies in the classroom: Teacher expectations, teacher feedback and student achievement

Gentrup, Sarah; Lorenz, Georg; Kristen, Cornelia; Kogan, Irena

doi:10.1016/j.learninstruc.2019.101296

Self-fulfilling prophecies in the classroom: Teacher expectations, teacher feedback and student achievement

This study investigated the link between teacher expectations and student learning, relying on longitudinal data from 64 classrooms and 1026 first-grade students in Germany. Further, based on a subsample of 19 classrooms with 354 students, we explored the mediating role of three characteristics o…