Abstract
Recent studies in self-fulfilling prophesy have shown that the behavior of a person can be affected by the expectations of a significant other. This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of encouragement and simple reassurance on final course grades of students in two remedial English classes. Forty students were randomly assigned within their respective classes to experimental and control groups. Students in the experimental groups were reassured by a counselor with respect to their achievement potential in remedial English, whereas students in the control groups were merely thanked for their participation. Grades in the course of experimental and control groups were significantly different in the opposite direction from that predicted for the larger class, but were not significantly different in the smaller class. The results were interpreted as suggesting the possibility that encouragement and reassurance may have had the effect of reducing anxiety for some of those students in the larger class, leading to poorer performance. The teacher's more favorable attitude toward the smaller class may have compensated for this effect.
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