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In search of the powerful self-fulfilling prophecy
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This research examined moderators of naturally occurring self-fulfilling prophecies. The authors assessed whether positive or negative self-fulfilling prophecies were more powerful and whether some targets were more susceptible to self-fulfilling prophecies because of their self-concepts in a particular achievement domain and previous academic records. Participants were 98 teachers and 1,539 students in sixth-grade public school math classes. Results yielded a strong pattern showing that teacher perceptions predicted achievement more strongly for low achievers than for high achievers. Results also yielded a much weaker pattern showing that teacher overestimates predicted achievement more strongly than teacher underestimates. Implications for social perceptual accuracy, self-enhancement theory, and understanding when self-fulfilling prophecies are stronger are discussed.
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“The residuals resulting from these regressions reflect the variance that remained unexplained and served as our measure of teacher expectation inaccuracy.”
From Self-fulfilling prophecies in the classroom: Teacher expectations, teacher feedback and student achievement (2020) · cites this paper as Madon et al. (1997)
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“they respond more to positive than negative expectations (Madon et al. 1997: 792)”
From What Is the Function of Confirmation Bias? (2022) · cites this paper as Madon et al. 1997: 792
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“Indeed, there is evidence that even today, positive SFPs in individual, dyadic interactions are more likely and pronounced than negative ones.”
From What Is the Function of Confirmation Bias? (2022) · cites this paper as Madon et al. 1997
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Teacher expectations and mathematics growth in primary school: a multilevel moderation analysis
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“These results indicate no evidence that the association between teacher expectations and mathematics growth differs by students’ initial performance level, providing no support for the susceptibility hypothesis (Madon et al., 1997).”
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- Authors
- Madon, S., Jussim, L., & Eccles, J.
- Affiliations
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 1997
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 791-809
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W2101860102
- Cited by
- 304
- References
- 83
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 13
- FWCI
- 11.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r29hd028401-05)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1 R29 HD28401-01A1)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- self-fulfilling prophecy, teacher expectations, teacher perceptions, achievement, low achievers, high achievers, self-concept, self-enhancement theory, sixth grade students, mathematics achievement, academic records
- MeSH terms
- Achievement, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Motivation, Problem Solving, Self Concept, Set, Psychology, Social Behavior, Social Perception
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