TY - JOUR
AU - Simpson, Carl
AB - This paper examines a growing literature on the ways in which children develop conceptions of their own and their peers’ intellectual abilities, a phenomenon we will call ability formation. We show that this literature may be integrated usefully under a recently developed theory regarding the ways in which schools construct academic ability as a reality experienced by students. We argue that this perspective offers an advance on developmental interpretations of findings in this area.
TI - The Formation of Ability Conceptions: Developmental Trend or Social Construction?
JF - Review of Educational Research
DO - 10.3102/00346543054001031
DA - 1984-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/the-formation-of-ability-conceptions-developmental-trend-or-social-CvU0bjK29I
SP - 31
EP - 63
VL - 54
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -