Posted by Toph on February 20, 2005, at 13:13:07
In reply to Re: does that count? » Dr. Bob, posted by alexandra_k on February 20, 2005, at 12:48:56
alex, have you heard of the famous study, "Pigmalian in the Classroom?"
http://members.aol.com/svennord/ed/labeling.htm
Essentially the group of students labeled (deceptively) as gifted at the end of the year out-performed the control group of students similarly constituted because of teachers' expectations. It would seem that this phenomenom would apply here. Posters labeled as problematic are more likely to act out somehow because of the force of their perceived label. This in turn is reinforced by the administrator's perception of the "problem poster" who would receive firm controls because of his/her label. The teachers in the study, BTW, were completely oblivious of their biased perception of the mislabeled students.Toph
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