Marsh and Kit-Tai Hua's 2003 study on the "big-fish-little-pond effect" found that a student's academic self-concept is less positive when students are

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Marsh and Kit-Tai Hua's study found that a student's academic self-concept is less positive when they are in a school with a lot of high achievers, which is known as the "big-fish-little-pond effect." This effect occurs because students compare themselves to their high-achieving peers and may feel less confident in their own abilities as a result.

Marsh and Kit-Tai Hua's 2003 Study on the "Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect