Expectation Formation for All? Group Differences in Student Response to Signals about Academic Performance
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Expectation Formation for All? Group Differences in Student Response to Signals about Academic Performance. / Karlson, Kristian Bernt.
In: The Sociological Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 4, 2019, p. 716-737.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Expectation Formation for All?
T2 - Group Differences in Student Response to Signals about Academic Performance
AU - Karlson, Kristian Bernt
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Theories of adolescent expectation formation hypothesize that socially and academically disadvantaged students are less responsive to signals about their academic performance when forming educational expectations. To test this hypothesis, I examine variation in student responses to new information about their academic performance by a rich set of background characteristics. I find little support for the hypothesis. In contrast, low-SES students who are high performing or come from supportive home environments appear to be the most responsive to new information about their academic performance. I discuss the implications of this finding for research on expectation formation among adolescents.
AB - Theories of adolescent expectation formation hypothesize that socially and academically disadvantaged students are less responsive to signals about their academic performance when forming educational expectations. To test this hypothesis, I examine variation in student responses to new information about their academic performance by a rich set of background characteristics. I find little support for the hypothesis. In contrast, low-SES students who are high performing or come from supportive home environments appear to be the most responsive to new information about their academic performance. I discuss the implications of this finding for research on expectation formation among adolescents.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Expectations
KW - Education
KW - Inequality
KW - Students
U2 - 10.1080/00380253.2019.1580549
DO - 10.1080/00380253.2019.1580549
M3 - Journal article
VL - 60
SP - 716
EP - 737
JO - Sociological Quarterly
JF - Sociological Quarterly
SN - 0038-0253
IS - 4
ER -
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