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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"sources of self-efficacy"”.
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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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Examining the sources of self-efficacy among instrumental music teachers
… state contribute to instrumental music teachers' self-efficacy. The first investigation was a review of the literature about self-efficacy and its sources among general education teachers, music teachers, and preservice teachers. The second investigation was a survey study of how instrumental …
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Relationships Between the Sources of Self-Efficacy and Changes in Competence Perceptions of Music Students During an All-State Orchestra Event
… through effort have led to a redefining of musical ability, and have stressed the role of teachers in motivating students to persist when setbacks and self-doubts might hinder their progress. Individuals with a high sense of self-efficacy have a strong belief in their own capacity, and …
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Self-efficacy sources and outcome expectations of researchers for sharing knowledge via social media
… than expected. This may be due to their lack of self-efficacy or lack of knowledge of outcomes from its use. Therefore, this research aimed to investigate sources of self-efficacy and outcome expectations of researchers and their impact on the use of social media for knowledge sharing. To …
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Can I teach these students? A case study of Vietnamese teachers’ self-efficacy in relation to teaching English as a foreign language
The study looked at factors that influenced the self-efficacy in teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) of a group of university teachers in Vietnam. Previous studies yielded contradictory results regarding the sources of self-efficacy information. Very little empirical research on the …
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Predicting academic self-efficacy in foster care alumni
This dissertation explores academic self-efficacy in college students who were previously in foster care (termed “foster care alumni”). The research design is guided by and grounded in self-efficacy theory, using predictor variables aligned with Bandura’s (1982) four sources of self-efficacy …
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Analysis system for self-efficacy training: development and validation of an evaluation tool in diabetes care
… reported in this thesis investigates the self-efficacy construct in the context of (real world) diabetes self-management programmes. Self-efficacy interventions, although widely implemented in diabetes care, lack basic information on what exactly was delivered. More importantly, there has …
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Music Education in Early Childhood Teacher Education: The Impact of a Music Methods Course on Pre-service Teachers' Perceived Confidence and Competence to Teach Music
This study investigated the impact of a music methods course on pre-service early childhood teachers’ confidence and competence to teach music. Specifically, this investigation sought to determine if there was a significant change in participants’ perceived self-efficacy to teach music following …
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The Impact of the Healthy Living Partnerships to Prevent Diabetes (HELP PD) Intervention on Measures of Self-Efficacy
… involved in those effects. The purpose of this study is to examine self-efficacy changes between groups across the 24-month HELP PD trial. The hypothesis is that the lifestyle weight loss (LWL) group will show greater changes than the usual care control (UCC) group at each time point for …
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Understanding Self-Efficacy for Alcohol Use: The Roles of Self-Monitoring and Hypothesized Source Variables
Self-efficacy for avoiding alcohol use predicts alcohol use after treatment. However, self-efficacy predicts outcome differentially depending on whether ratings are made before or after treatment. In order to increase the predictive validity of self-efficacy judgments, the hypothesized sources of …
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An Investigation of Mathematics Self-Efficacy, the Sources of Mathematics Self-Efficacy, and Mathematics Achievement Among Primary School Students in Trinidad and Tobago
<p>Purpose of the Study</p> <p>This dissertation addressed two problems in the literature. Firstly, while many study findings have highlighted the critical role of self-efficacy in students' achievement, additional research was needed about the four hypothesized sources that influence the …
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Reading, Writing, and Belonging: A Qualitative Study Exploring Academic Self-Efficacy Among First-Year, First-Generation Students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
… Institution (HSI) perceive their academic self-efficacy for reading and writing. The study focuses on students who were concurrently enrolled in a First-Year Seminar (FYS) course and a developmental literacy course. Grounded in Bandura’s (1986, 1998) social cognitive theory, specifically …
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Children's Physical Self-Efficacy and Free-Time Physical Activity
The majority of Canadian youth are not obtaining the recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity. These low activity levels may be partially explained by students’ physical self-efficacy in that cross-sectional research demonstrates a correlation between physical self-efficacy and children’s …
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A qualitative study investigating the sources of teacher efficacy beliefs
A teacher’s efficacy beliefs have been found to influence their professional commitment (Coladarci, 1992; Ware and Kitsantas, 2007, 2011; Klassen et al., 2013), their job satisfaction (Caprara et al., 2006, Hoigaard et al., 2012) and how resilient they are in difficult situations (Ashton and Webb, …
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The Impact Of Student-Centered Coaching On Teacher Self-Efficacy: An Exploratory Case Study
<p>The purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study was to determine the impact that participation in student-centered coaching had on teacher self-efficacy within a large, international school in east Asia. The study aimed to fill the gap in international school research around …
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Clinical Preparedness Amongst Recent Dental Hygiene Graduates: A Phenomenological Study
<p>The focus of this phenomenological study is to evaluate the lived experiences of recent dental hygiene graduates’ as they relate to their curriculum preparation as clinicians. Individual interviews of ten newly graduated hygienists were conducted, consisting of seventeen open-ended questions …
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Promoting Rhetorical Awareness and Perceived Self-Efficacy: Engineering Undergraduate Students Creating Preparedness Portfolios About Communication
… for practicing engineers by industry professionals, educators, engineering graduates working in the field, and current engineering undergraduate students. In particular, it has been suggested that engineers of the future will face increasingly complex and spatially distributed audiences …
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Improving Self-Efficacy and Imagery Ability with a Poly-Sensory Video and Mg-M Imagery Intervention within Division 1 Female Soccer Players
<p>Self-efficacy has been shown to be a significant predictor in an athlete’s performance. Research has also suggested that imagery has been demonstrated to serve as a significant variable influencing self-efficacy within athlete samples. The addition of a poly-sensory video (PSV) is thought to …
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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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