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Students’ academic self perception
Date Issued
2007-09-24
Date Available
2010-04-16T16:07:20Z
Abstract
Participation rates in higher education differ persistently between some groups in society. Using two British datasets we investigate whether this gap is rooted in students' misperception of their own and other's ability, thereby increasing the expected costs to studying. Among high school pupils, we find that pupils with a more positive view of their academic
abilities are more likely to expect to continue to higher education even after controlling for observable measures of ability and students' characteristics. University students are also poor
at estimating their own test-performance and over-estimate their predicted test score.
However, females, white and working class students have less inflated view of themselves. Self-perception has limited impact on the expected probability of success and expected returns amongst these university students.
Sponsorship
Not applicable
Other Sponsorship
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. Geary Institute
Series
UCD Geary Institute Discussion Paper Series
WP/29/2007
Classification
I21
J16
Y80
Subject – LCSH
Educational attainment
Students--Self-rating of
Language
English
Status of Item
Not peer reviewed
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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