What Is The Difference Between Lennthal And Jacobson
Tanner Wiley
Sociology
3/23/17
Rosenthal and Jacobson went to a elementary school and gave a bunch of kids a IQ test. The test was a group of randomly selected 20% of kids. The kids that were chosen were considered as having a very high potential for academic success. At the end of the year there was a retest for the kids. Some were labeled as bright had scored significantly better than some others. The teachers then rated these kids to have more positive characteristics than other kids. The teachers expectations differed for these students due to their higher IQ. Meaning they would be given different criteria to learn, expected more of them grade wise, and taught them in a more difficult way. The kids also then had to change their behavior in response to what was expected …show more content…
In these new courses.
This being said the higher expectations,potential and intellectual growth became a real success. On the other hand tho, if the teachers have poor expectations for their students, these children may not work to their potential which unfortunately happens in schools of poverty. Teachers may have lower expectations
of some kids such as boys, minority students, or students from lower class families along with those with special needs. These expectations may be part of the reason why different selections of kids do not do as well in school as the teachers do not expect as much from them. Coming from this was the study named the pygmalion effect or more commonly the self fulfilling prophecy.
Sociology
3/23/17
Rosenthal and Jacobson went to a elementary school and gave a bunch of kids a IQ test. The test was a group of randomly selected 20% of kids. The kids that were chosen were considered as having a very high potential for academic success. At the end of the year there was a retest for the kids. Some were labeled as bright had scored significantly better than some others. The teachers then rated these kids to have more positive characteristics than other kids. The teachers expectations differed for these students due to their higher IQ. Meaning they would be given different criteria to learn, expected more of them grade wise, and taught them in a more difficult way. The kids also then had to change their behavior in response to what was expected …show more content…
In these new courses.
This being said the higher expectations,potential and intellectual growth became a real success. On the other hand tho, if the teachers have poor expectations for their students, these children may not work to their potential which unfortunately happens in schools of poverty. Teachers may have lower expectations
of some kids such as boys, minority students, or students from lower class families along with those with special needs. These expectations may be part of the reason why different selections of kids do not do as well in school as the teachers do not expect as much from them. Coming from this was the study named the pygmalion effect or more commonly the self fulfilling prophecy.