Examining the Persistence Intentions of College Students of Color

2021 ◽  
pp. 106907272110103
Author(s):  
Pa Her ◽  
Mindi N. Thompson

This study used the Social Cognitive Career Theory—Career Self-Management Model (SCCT-CSM) to understand the process by which background variables impact students of color’s intentions to persist in college. Findings from 329 students of color revealed that perceived social status related positively to self-efficacy for self-regulated learning, that increased experiences of racism related negatively to self-efficacy for self-regulated learning, and that self-efficacy for self-regulated learning related positively to intentions to persist in college. Further, self-efficacy for self-regulated learning mediated the relationship between perceived social status and persistence intentions among this sample of college students of color. Lastly, SEM analyses provided support for several pathways of the SCCT-CSM model with students of color. Limitations of the current study are discussed. Implications and future directions for practice and research are presented.

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Erlich ◽  
Darlene Russ-Eft

Review of social cognitive theory constructs of self-efficacy and self-regulated learning is applied to academic advising for the purposes of assessing student learning. A brief overview of the history of student learning outcomes in higher education is followed by an explanation of self-efficacy and self-regulated learning constructs and how they can be applied to academic advising. The article concludes with the development of a model for assessing student learning outcomes in academic advising using these theoretical constructs.


2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Erlich ◽  
Darlene F. Russ-Eft

The validity and reliability of three instruments, the Counselor Rubric for Gauging Student Understanding of Academic Planning, micro-analytic questions, and the Student Survey for Understanding Academic Planning, all based on social cognitive theory, were tested as means to assess self-efficacy and self-regulated learning in college academic planning. The rubric assessed pre- and post-intervention self-regulated learning of academic-planning strategy levels. The micro-analytic questions assessed self-regulated learning during forethought and self-reflection phases. Post-intervention self-efficacy in academic planning and retrospectively evaluated pre-intervention self-efficacy were measured by the survey. All three instruments showed strong validity and reliability, but the survey did not distinguish between different self-efficacy challenge levels.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daeyeoul Lee ◽  
Matthew Allen ◽  
Lixia Cheng ◽  
Sunnie Watson ◽  
William Watson

This study investigated the relationships between self-efficacy and self-regulated learning strategies of English Language Learners (ELL) in a college setting from a social cognitive perspective. Participants in this study were one hundred seventeen ELL college students who enrolled in an English language course at a Midwestern university. The results of simple linear regression analysis showed that ELL college students’ self-efficacy significantly predicted their use of self-regulated learning strategies. In addition, the results of a one-way ANOVA indicated a statistically significant difference in the use of self-regulated learning strategies between ELL college students who had high self-efficacy and those who had low self-efficacy. Based on study results, implications and future research directions are discussed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Erlich ◽  
Darlene F. Russ-Eft

We investigated whether the social cognitive theory constructs of self-efficacy and self-regulated learning apply to academic advising for measuring student learning outcomes. Community college students (N = 120) participated in an individual academic-advising session. We assessed students' post-intervention self-efficacy in academic planning and their retrospective pre-intervention self-efficacy as well as pre and post self-regulated learning-strategy levels in academic planning. We used 2 hypotheses to verify that students experienced increased levels of self-efficacy and self-regulated learning through academic planning strategies. The 3rd hypothesis verified a positive, reciprocal relationship between self-efficacy and self-regulated learning in academic planning. We discuss results regarding the theoretical usefulness for applying social cognitive theory to assess student learning outcomes in academic advising.


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