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  2. Pygmalion effect - Wikipedia

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    The Pygmalion effect is a psychological phenomenon in which high expectations lead to improved performance in a given area and low expectations lead to worse performance. [1] It is named after the Greek myth of Pygmalion , the sculptor who fell so much in love with the perfectly beautiful statue he created that the statue came to life.

  3. Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia

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    The initial study by David Dunning and Justin Kruger examined the performance and self-assessment of undergraduate students in inductive, deductive, and abductive logical reasoning; English grammar; and appreciation of humor. Across four studies, the research indicates that the participants who scored in the bottom quartile overestimated their ...

  4. Effectiveness - Wikipedia

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    Other synonyms for effectiveness include: clout, capability, success, weight, performance. [13] Antonyms for effectiveness include: uselessness, ineffectiveness. [13] Simply stated, effective means achieving an effect, and efficient means getting a task or job done it with little waste.

  5. Academic achievement - Wikipedia

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    Academic achievement or academic performance is the extent to which a student, teacher or institution has attained their short or long-term educational goals. Completion of educational benchmarks such as secondary school diplomas and bachelor's degrees represent academic achievement.

  6. Self-efficacy - Wikipedia

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    Researchers found that there was a direct correlation between students' self-efficacy and their own writing apprehension, essay performance, and perceived usefulness of writing. As the researchers suggest, this study is important because it showed how important it is for teachers to teach skills and also to build confidence in their students ...

  7. Dr. Fox effect - Wikipedia

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    The Dr. Fox effect is a correlation observed between teacher expressiveness, content coverage, student evaluation and student achievement. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This effect also allows insight to other related effects and relationships between student achievement and evaluations of the teacher.

  8. How Inflation Is Impacting College Students Heading Into the ...

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    “They have to take out more student loans in order to stay afloat during college. Even in cases where students are able to work part-time or even full-time during college, their earnings ...

  9. Illusory superiority - Wikipedia

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    The effects of illusory superiority have also been found to be strongest when people rate themselves on abilities at which they are totally incompetent. These subjects have the greatest disparity between their actual performance (at the low end of the distribution) and their self-rating (placing themselves above average).