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Autor/inn/en | Mazrekaj, Deni; Witte, Kristof De; Triebs, Thomas P. |
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Titel | Mind the Gap: Measuring Academic Underachievement Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis |
Quelle | In: Exceptional Children, 88 (2022) 4, S.442-459 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Mazrekaj, Deni) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0014-4029 |
DOI | 10.1177/00144029211073524 |
Schlagwörter | Academic Achievement; Underachievement; Academically Gifted; Class Size; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis; Elementary School Students; Gender Differences; Academic Ability; Belgium |
Abstract | We propose using Stochastic Frontier Analysis to estimate pupils' academic underachievement. We model underachievement as the gap between expected achievement and actual achievement, not due to a learning disability. Our data are a panel for 2,228 Belgian pupils observed over 6 years of primary education. We found that the average underachievement gap is 23.5%. That is, the average pupil does not exploit about one fourth of their potential. Gifted pupils appear to underachieve as much as non-gifted pupils. We also found that class size is a determinant of underachievement. The association between class size and underachievement is non-monotonic, with an underachievement minimum at a class size of about 20 pupils. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2024/1/01 |