Adolescent Perception of Potential High-Performing Classmates: A Cross-National Exploration

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135525

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Oh, H., Sutherland, M., Stack, N., Badia Martín, M., Blumen, S., Nguyen, Q., Wormald, C., Maakrun, J. & Ziegler, A. (2019). Adolescent Perception of Potential High-Performing Classmates: A Cross-National Exploration. Roeper Review, 41 (2), 88-101.

Abstract

This study explores how secondary school students perceive high-performing potential classmates. A total of 1,794 seventh- and 10th-grade students from five countries completed a questionnaire measuring their expectations of hypothetical male and female high-performing classmates in three categories: intellectual ability, positive social qualities, and popularity. Across the five countries represented in this study, analyses of variance indicated that students did not report negative attitudes toward the three potential characteristics of a hypothetical gifted peer. Vietnamese students in particular reported more positive observations about the hypothetical classmate than their Australian, Peruvian, South Korean, and Spanish counterparts. Differing cross-national attitudes toward high-performing peers and the implications therein are discussed.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02783193.2019.1585398