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Disruptive Effects in Highschool Studentsʼ Assessment

Table 5: Examples given by students for the similarity effect

Number of identified cases Example text
27 The first example“One of the most common episodes that fits into this effect is that our Biology teacher gave har child as an example every class. As a student in Medicine, he was always the example the teacher gave to us in the following form: “My boy … does things the following way”, “My boy … has been selected to attend the conference …” “My boy … is conscientious and is carrying out all his projects”, “if my son was able to pass the BAC exam so can you.” (I, female, 19 years old, 12th grade).The second example“One of my most beloved teachers is always giving us this example: ‘I did things ths way and everything went well, surely if you do the same as I did, you will succeed,” which I do not think is proper for the teacher to give himself as an example for the activities he did.” (C, male, 19 years old, 12th grade).The third example“This example is somewhat funny because it brings the Romanian teacherinto discussion. When we did not know how to answer a question he asked us or we did not write a word correctly, he offered us the so-called “presents”; what were they? The presents were punishments, which meant that we had to write a certain number of times either a definition or a word. He told us that this is the way his Romanian teacher did things and that this was strategy he used with his students, being convinced that it will bear fruit and that they will learn from their mistakes” (M., female, 18 years old, 11th grade).
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