Are teachers unknowingly limiting student achievement?
This blog revisits the original 1968 Pygmalion study and asks what it means for teachers today. The original research suggested that teacher expectations can shape student performance, even influencing measurable IQ gains.
Groundbreaking research
In 1968, Rosenthal and Jacobson published Pygmalion in the Classroom – a foundational study in classroom psychology and teacher expectation research.
Conducted in a California elementary school, they told teachers that a random group of students (n = 320 / see
