Download or read book How Self efficacy is Perceived by Urban High School Students written by Patricia A Decoster and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic self-efficacy, an individual’s judgement of his or her capacity to perform specific academic tasks, is described through a phenomenological study using interview, field notes and survey data. Academic self-efficacy is a main driver of motivation, stamina and resilience, qualities especially necessary within urban settings. The problem of practice is framed within the context of recent urban secondary structural reforms efforts to increase understanding of how students perceive their own self-efficacy as many studies in this area have been quantitative in nature and based on outcome indicators such as grades, attendance and graduation rates. Using a mixed methods convergent design, the data was used to extract four emergent themes that students identified as having a positive or negative impact on their academic self-efficacy. The implications for school and district leadership are discussed in light of these findings with specific attention to the collection and use phenomenological data within urban schools to improve instruction and school climate.
Download or read book Self Efficacy Beliefs of Adolescents written by Tim Urdan and published by IAP. This book was released on 2006-02-01 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The introduction of the psychological construct of self-efficacy is widely acknowledged as one of the most important developments in the history of psychology. Today, it is simply not possible to explain phenomena such as human motivation, learning, self-regulation, and accomplishment without discussing the role played by self-efficacy beliefs. In this, the fifth volume of our series on adolescence and education, we focus on the self-efficacy beliefs of adolescents. We are proud and fortunate to be able to bring together the most prominent voices in the study of self-efficacy, including that of the Father of Social Cognitive Theory and of self-efficacy, Professor Albert Bandura. It is our hope, and our expectation, that this volume will become required reading for all students and scholars in the areas of adolescence and of motivation and, of course, for all who play a pivotal role in the education and care of youth.
Download or read book Relationship of Self efficacy Beliefs of Urban Public School Students to Performance on a High stakes Mathematics Test written by Kolajo A. Afolabi and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Skills That Matter written by Patricia M. Noonan and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build skills for lifelong success Many students leave high school without the skills they need to succeed in postsecondary education and the workforce. How can we better equip students for lifelong success? Research demonstrates that intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies impact student behavior and achievement, increase graduation rates, and promote strong post-school outcomes. The Skills That Matter provides middle and high school educators with the resources, tools, and practical examples to teach key intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies, including self-regulation, goal-setting, self-efficacy, assertiveness, and conflict management. Readers will find Competency-specific evidence-based instructional strategies with examples, and Tools such as sample instructional plans, formative assessments, and student-friendly products. This book provides teachers with the practical information they need to better develop socially and emotionally engaged, career-equipped, lifelong learners.
Download or read book Correlates of Pathways Between School Climate and Self efficacy written by Russell Krummell and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elementary and middle school students' sense of self-efficacy-their belief in their abilities to achieve at desirable levels on school-related tasks-has been empirically found to be significantly related to the school climate in which it is nurtured. A paucity of research exists about the relationship between self-efficacy and school climate among high school students, however. This gap in the research is problematic as self-efficacy and school climate are important correlates of student achievement and both begin to decline as students move through middle school and into high school. This study examines the association between high school students' perceptions of a triad of widely adopted domains of school climate-teaching and learning, interpersonal relationships, and the institutional environment of the school-and their beliefs in three complementary domains of self-efficacy-academic, emotional, and social self-efficacy. This cross-sectional correlational study used survey research to capture data on perceptions of school climate and self-efficacy beliefs from 10th- and 11th-graders (N = 60) at an urban high school in Texas. A Spearman's rho correlational analysis revealed a single significant positive correlation with a medium effect size between students' perceptions of the institutional environment domain of school climate and their beliefs in their emotional self-efficacy. The study's findings suggest that other factors may mediate/moderate the relationship between the domains of school climate and self-efficacy under study, although the robustness of these conclusions must be qualified due to sampling issues that arose during the data capture.
Download or read book Handbook of Motivation at School written by Kathryn R. Wentzel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 1050 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Motivation at School presents the first comprehensive and integrated compilation of theory and research on children’s motivation at school. It covers the major theoretical perspectives in the field as well as their application to instruction, learning, and social adjustment at school. Key Features: Comprehensive – no other book provides such a comprehensive overview of theory and research on children’s motivation at school. Theoretical & Applied – the book provides a review of current motivation theories by the developers of those theories as well as attention to the application of motivation theory and research in classrooms and schools. Chapter Structure – chapters within each section follow a similar structure so that there is uniformity across chapters. Commentaries – each section ends with a commentary that provides clear directions for future research.
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Schools Schooling and Human Development written by Judith L. Meece and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children spend more time in school than in any social institution outside the home. And schools probably exert more influence on children’s development and life chances than any environment beyond the home and neighbourhood. The purpose of this book is to document some important ways schools influence children’s development and to describe various models and methods for studying schooling effects. Key features include: Comprehensive Coverage – this is the first book to provide a comprehensive review of what is known about schools as a context for human development. Topical coverage ranges from theoretical foundations to investigative methodologies and from classroom-level influences such as teacher-student relations to broader influences such as school organization and educational policies. Cross-Disciplinary – this volume brings together the divergent perspectives, methods and findings of scholars from a variety of disciplines, among them educational psychology, developmental psychology, school psychology, social psychology, psychiatry, sociology, and educational policy. Chapter Structure – to ensure continuity, chapter authors describe 1) how schooling influences are conceptualized 2) identify their theoretical and methodological approaches 3) discuss the strengths and weaknesses of existing research and 4) highlight implications for future research, practice, and policy. Methodologies – chapters included in the text feature various methodologies including longitudinal studies, hierarchical linear models, experimental and quasi-experimental designs, and mixed methods.
Download or read book Using Goal Setting to Increase Academic Self efficacy in At risk Ninth Grade Students written by Jennifer L. Deily and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: This qualitative research study examines the effects of goal setting on the academic self-efficacy of ninth grade at-risk students. The study was completed in a large urban high school in eastern Pennsylvania with ninth grade students who were identified as being at-risk. Methods of data collection included teacher research, surveys, field notes and student work. The study suggests that goal setting was ineffective as a means for increasing perceived academic self-efficacy. The study also suggests that students' actual experiences, vicarious experiences, affective experiences and persuasions played roles in the students' lack of growth in terms of their perceived academic self-efficacy.
Download or read book The Soul of the Schoolhouse written by Nicholas D. Young and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Soul of the Schoolhouse: Cultivating Student Engagement’s primary focus is to help readers understand the many, diverse factors that make up engaged learning and students’ motivation to learn. The authors acknowledge the importance of cognitive aspects of education and the techniques that skilled educators use to enhance the learning process; such information is contained in chapters on motivation and models of thinking about how to engage those in our schools. This tome also reflects the essential and interrelated nature of emotional, social, spiritual, and relational elements of engagement in the learning process. As such, chapters of this book cover such topics as educational leadership for engaged learning, school-community connections, co-curricular activities, models of curriculum design, and school law and policies that bolster student learning, as well.
Download or read book The Influences and Construction of Academic Self efficacy Among Immigrant Students at an Urban High School written by Naureen Y. Khan and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, first and second-generation immigrants are an important and growing segment of students in schools. The purpose in this study was to explore which factors directly influence their academic self-efficacy. A mixed-methods design was used to identify what immigrant students believe influences the construction of their academic self-efficacy. Out of 480 students, 70 identified as first or second generation immigrants shared their perspectives. 11 semi-structured interviews were conducted to supplement the survey. The findings indicate that there is a combination of factors that influence that construction of their academic self-efficacy for each immigrant student, not a singular factor. The main influences of academic self-efficacy are family, personal identity, teachers, friends, stereotypes/misconceptions, and an urban environment.
Download or read book Urban Middle School Teachers Perceptions of Self efficacy in Designing Using and Interpreting Common Formative Assessments written by Brandy J. Bunnell and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this quantitative, exploratory study was to describe urban middle school content-teachers' reports of self-efficacy in designing, using, and interpreting standards-aligned common formative assessments in order to improve student learning. For the purposes of this study self-efficacy is not a general belief, but one related to specific tasks (Bandura, 1997). As such, the demands of specific tasks within a specified domain serve as the basis upon which judgments of capability are made. Data was also collected concerning experiences that teachers perceived as being most helpful in the development of their confidence regarding these practices. This study was conducted in four urban school districts in Connecticut. Middle school teachers of Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies were polled. The Sense of Efficacy: Common Formative Assessments Survey (Bunnell, 2010), a researcher-developed Internet-based survey, was completed by 64 teachers. Data analyses revealed that a simple majority of urban middle school teachers who participated reported moderately high levels of self-efficacy in the tasks associated with designing, using, and interpreting common formative assessments. Participants reported that they gained confidence from activities mainly associated with emotional arousal, vicarious experiences and enactive mastery experiences.
Download or read book The spirit that works abomination written by and published by . This book was released on 1685 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of Pedagogy and Educational Management written by and published by Varna University of Management. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journal of Pedagogy and Educational Management is an interdisciplinary academic journal in the field of pedagogical theory and practice and management of contemporary education issued by Varna University of Management, Bulgaria. The journal provides a platform for research-based discussions of theoretical and empirical issues of K-12 and university and adult education. Publications focusing on educational issues from fields such as management, educational technology, pedagogy and pedagogical management, pedagogical psychology, andragogy, developmental psychology, social pedagogy, methodology, anthropology, conflictology, organizational sciences and culture are invited. The journal is open to teachers, researchers and managers who examine the problems of pedagogical methods and technology and effective educational practices. Young researchers and authors are also encouraged to submit their contributions. Manuscript submissions should be between 4,000 and 20,000 words. Major research articles of between 4,000 and 7,000 words are highly welcome. Longer or shorter papers will also be considered. The journal publishes also Research Notes of 1 500 – 2 000 words. Submitted papers must combine theoretical concepts with practical applications or empirical testing. The Journal of Pedagogy and Educational Management also includes: book reviews, announcements for conferences and seminars, abstracts of successfully defended doctoral dissertations, case studies of best practices in pedagogy and educational management, concept papers, theoretical essays. The journal will be published online in two languages: English and Bulgarian. The articles in Bulgarian are accompanied by an abstract in English. JPEM is about to be published in one volume per year, consisting of two issues. The editorial team welcomes your submissions to the Journal of Pedagogy and Educational Management. Manuscripts can be submitted to [email protected].
Download or read book Self Efficacy in Changing Societies written by Albert Bandura and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-05-13 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume addresses important issues of human adaptation and change.
Download or read book Assessment in Education written by Shelleyann Scott and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides key insights into how educational leaders can successfully navigate the turbulence of political debate surrounding leading student assessment and professionalised practice. Given the highly politicised nature of assessment, it addresses leaders and aspiring leaders who are open to being challenged, willing to explore controversy, and capable of engaging in informed critical discourse. The book presents the macro concepts that these audiences must have to guide optimal assessment policy and practice. Collectively, the chapters highlight important assessment purposes and models, including intended and unintended effects of assessment in a globalised context. The book provides opportunities to explore cultural similarities and particularities. It invites readers to challenge taken-for-granted assumptions about ourselves and colleagues in other settings. The chapters highlight the cultural clashes that may occur when cross-cultural borrowing of assessment strategies, policies, and tools takes place. However, authors also encourage sophisticated critical analyses of potential lessons that may be drawn from other contexts and systems. Readers will encounter challenges from authors to deconstruct their assessment values, beliefs, and preconceptions. Indeed, one purpose of the book is to destabilise certainties about assessment that prevail and to embrace the assessment possibilities that can emerge from cognitive dissonance.
Download or read book Handbook of Urban Educational Leadership written by Muhammad Khalifa and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative handbook examines the community, district, and teacher leadership roles that affect urban schools. It will serve as a foundation for pedagogical and educational leadership practices that foster social justice, equity, and advocacy for those who have been traditionally and historically underserved in education. The handbook’s ten sections cover topics as diverse as curriculum, instruction, and educational outcomes; gender, race, and class; higher education; and leadership preparation and support. Its twenty-nine chapters offer both American and international perspectives.
Download or read book The Correlation Between Self Efficacy and the Academic Success of Students written by Emily E. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research reveals that gifted students at Springfield Middle School in Williamsport, Maryland possess stronger levels of self-efficacy than average students. For the purpose of this study, the term "gifted students" refers to students who are enrolled in above-grade-level classes at Springfield Middle School. Students must score high in tests and interviews in order to be placed in above-grade-level classes. According to Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory, increased levels of self-efficacy contribute to a person's ability to complete a task. Using the Children's Perceived Academic Self-Efficacy subscale from The Morgan-Jinks Student Efficacy Scale (MJSES), the study conducted at Springfield Middle School examined the correlation between students' self-efficacy level and their self-reported academic grades in English, math, science, and social studies. Also, the correlation between above-grade-level students' self-efficacy and their self-reported grades was compared to those of general students. The sample included 56 6th, 7th, and 8th grade middle school students from a suburban area in Williamsport, Maryland. Through the use of a Chi Square Test of Independence, the results indicated that regardless of class level, students' self-efficacy in math and science are related to their grades in those subjects. Using independent t tests, no significant difference between the self-efficacy composite of grade-level and above-grade-level students was discovered.
