Template:Did you know nominations/Big-fish-little-pond effect


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:42, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Big-fish-little-pond effect
5x expanded by AttackMoose22 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:27, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * ... that it is better for one's academic self-concept to be a high achiever in a reference group of relatively low achievers than to be a high achiever in a reference group of high achievers? (Marsh, H. W., & Hau, K. T. (2003). [28] Big-fish–little-pond effect on academic self-concept: A cross-cultural (26-country) test of the negative effects of academically selective schools. American Psychologist, 58, 364–376.)
 * ALT1 ... that it is better for one's self-concept to be a high achiever in a reference group of relatively low achievers than it is to do well when the reference group is other high achievers?


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Approving this nomination which was not properly transcluded in April. The article is a fivefold expansion and is long enough. The hook facts are sourced, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:20, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this, but I find the hook wording clunky. It would be far hookier to write it, perhaps using piped links, as ...that it is better to be a little fish in a big pond than a big fish in a big pond? Yoninah (talk) 16:55, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * it appears the nominator has not worked on Wikipedia since May. Do you want to upgrade the hook? Yoninah (talk) 16:59, 25 October 2017 (UTC)


 * ALT2 ... that it is better for one's self-concept to be a big fish in a little pond than in a big pond? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:58, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Thank you. Actually, the papers are talking about self-concept, so I tweaked the hook. Restoring tick per your review. Yoninah (talk) 19:38, 25 October 2017 (UTC)