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Investigating self-efficacy: Early childhood teachers’ understanding of self-efficacy
… and prepare students for their future. Self-efficacy is one element of social and emotional learning that demands attention. Self-efficacy is considered important for teachers to understand as it can predict how students approach their tasks as well as influence their levels of …
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Measuring Supervisor Self-Efficacy: Development and Validation of the Psychotherapy Supervisor Self-Efficacy Scale
… for measuring psychotherapy supervisor self-efficacy, however, have not been developed. This study examined the literature concerning psychotherapy supervision and self-efficacy. Currently, self-efficacy has only been researched regarding counselors and counselors-in-training. The …
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Vocational Evaluations and Self-Efficacy
… in the current study that consumers' career self-efficacy is increased through participation in the vocational evaluation process, because situational assessments have been shown to increase career self-efficacy (Scroggin, Kosciulek, Sweiven, and Enright, 1999) and vocational evaluations are …
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Self-efficacy and rehabilitation adherence
… some of the issues; however the role of self-efficacy on rehabilitation adherence has not directly been evaluated. Furthermore, the particular nature of self-efficacy related to athletic participation, injury, and subsequent rehabilitation, as well as the role an athletic trainer plays in …
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Teacher Leaders and Self-efficacy
… vary widely at the site level. Teacher leaders’ self-efficacy must be substantive in order for them to enact change. This quantitative study provides essential findings in developing and building teacher leaders by identifying specific leadership responsibilities that positively influence teacher …
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Why can't I sing: the impact of self-efficacy enhancing techniques on student self-efficacy beliefs
… music teachers generally did not nurture student self-efficacy beliefs for musical performance, suggesting three possible reasons. It might be that teachers lack knowledge about self-efficacy, do not have a valid or reliable method to evaluate or measure student self-efficacy, or possess …
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How Museums Engage Visitors’ Self-Efficacy
… is felt as fulsomely by those with low inquiry self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is the belief in one’s abilities to be successful at a particular task (Bandura, 1977). If visitors have low inquiry self-efficacy, then, for example, they may not see any purpose in applying effort to engaging with …
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Promoting student self-efficacy through assessment
… methods as a means of promoting student self-efficacy. The study was conducted in a preK-8 public school located in Camden, NJ. The participants were 18 fourth grade students from a co-taught inclusion classroom. Two units of study were taught - one using traditional assessment methods, …
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Self-Efficacy Among Students in Professional Development
… whether prioritizing strengthening students’ self-efficacy for continuous skill-building is more effective for interpreting educators, given limited teaching time. Based on mixed methods research, this study gathered data through pre/post surveys using Likert scales and reflection papers based …
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Measuring the self-efficacy of virtual leaders
… was to develop a measure of Virtual Leader Self-Efficacy (VLSE), which had not been examined in the past. Two studies were conducted. The first served to develop the scale based on well-tested guidelines. A unidimensional factor structure was identified, and high reliability was maintained …
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Family communication patterns and children's self efficacy.
… patterns influence the development of self-efficacy in children; learning how specific communication patterns impact various forms of self-efficacy may be helpful to inform interventions targeting self-efficacy. The current study is based in Family Communication Patterns Theory (Koerner …
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Medical tasks self-efficacy : initial scale development
This investigation examined the self-efficacy beliefs of medical professionals towards medically-related tasks. Although several instruments existed that measured different aspects of career self-efficacy, none of them was relevant nor appropriate to people who have already chosen their …
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Teacher self-efficacy and formative assessment feedback
… to understand the relationship between teachers’ self-efficacy and the instructional use of formative assessments in the classroom.Teachers’ efficacy beliefs about their abilities to teach students have an influence on their instructional decisions. Furthermore, effective teaching strategies will …
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Increasing self-efficacy with diabetes cooking schools
… University Extension Service, targets dietary self-management and is guided by Social Cognitive Theory. This study compared two convenience samples of persons with diabetes. One group attended the program, (experimental, n = 34) the other, (comparison, n = 13) did not. The groups were evaluated …
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Influences On Career Self-Efficacy: Examining Attachment
… attachment style and level of optimism on career self-efficacy. It was hypothesized that level of optimism moderates the relationship between attachment style and career self-efficacy. Participants were 173 college students who completed the Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR; K.A. Brennan, …
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Sources of self-efficacy in distance runners
Self-efficacy theory (Bandura, 1997) asserts that people will be more likely to engage in behaviors that they believe they can successfully perform and avoid behaviors in which they feel that they will be unsuccessful. Researchers have concluded that individuals with high levels of self-efficacy …
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Self-Efficacy for Independent Living in Retirement
… belief one can live independently. Therefore, self-efficacy towards living independently in the retirement phase of life will be impacted by the elements that set the framework for a rewarding life. The present paper reviews social cognitive theory, the construct of self efficacy as well as …
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Self-efficacy: Judgments of Ability or Willingness?
… studies attempted to clarify the constructs of self-efficacy and outcome expectancies in relation to college student drinking. In study 1, heavy-drinking college students were asked for efficacy judgments for limiting their heavy-drinking for increasing periods of time (e.g. 1 day, 1 week, 1 …
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Principal Self-Efficacy Beliefs: What Factors Matter?
Self-efficacy beliefs are evaluations people make about their capability to handle specific, future challenges. Self-efficacy belief levels predict actual success. Public school principals face ever-changing challenges. Understanding school principal self-efficacy beliefs and supporting the …
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