scholarly journals Motivation, Strategy Use, and Self-efficacy Beliefs in Korean University Students’ L2 English Proficiency

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-545
Author(s):  
최문홍 ◽  
Song ji yeong
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Motivation Strategy

scholarly journals Media Exposure to Climate Change, Anxiety, and Efficacy Beliefs in a Sample of Italian University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (17) ◽  
pp. 9358
Author(s):  
Daniela Acquadro Maran ◽  
Tatiana Begotti
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
University Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Collective Self ◽  
The Media ◽  
Climate Crisis

The climate crisis poses a serious threat to the health and well-being of individuals. For many, climate change knowledge is derived from indirect exposure to information transmitted through the media. Such content can elicit a variety of emotional responses, including anger, sadness, despair, fear, and guilt. Worry and anxiety are especially common responses, usually referred to as “climate anxiety”. The main objectives of this study were to analyze how exposure to climate change through the media relates to climate anxiety and individual and collective self-efficacy, and to evaluate the relationship between climate anxiety and efficacy beliefs. A total of 312 Italian university students (aged 18–26 years) participated in the research by filling out an anonymous questionnaire. Participants reported being exposed several times per week to information about climate change, especially from social media, newspapers, and television programs. Moreover, the results showed that the attention paid to information about climate change was not only positively related to climate anxiety, but also to individual and collective self-efficacy. Most notably, participants’ efficacy beliefs were found to be positively related to climate anxiety. This somewhat controversial finding stresses that, in the context of pro-environmental behavior changes, a moderate level of anxiety could engender feelings of virtue, encouraging people to rethink actions with negative ecological impacts.

scholarly journals University mathematics students’ self-efficacy beliefs about proof and proving

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antti Viholainen ◽  
Timo Tossavainen ◽  
Hanna Viitala ◽  
Maria Johansson
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Mathematics Students ◽  
University Mathematics ◽  
Mathematical Proofs ◽  
Proof And Proving

We examine university students’ motivation and self-efficacy beliefs about proof and proving, i.e., beliefs about personal abilities to understand, construct and present mathematical proofs, as well as their certainty about self-produced proofs. The sample of the study consists of 29 Finnish and Swedish students who were studying mathematics in tertiary level. The results show that the students were highly motivated to learn to understand and construct proofs, but they were more uncertain about their proving skills. Moreover, the study revealed reasons for the uncertainty about proving achievements. Most of the reasons are caused by deficiencies with respect to knowledge of, understanding about or experience from proof and proving.

scholarly journals Examining Factors Influencing Technical-Vocational University Students’ Learning Effectiveness of English Proficiency Development in a Blended e-Learning Environment

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-chien Lin ◽  
Chiung-Li Li
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Learning Effectiveness ◽  
E Learning ◽  
System Characteristics

Based upon the perspective of social cognitive theory, this study develops a conceptual framework that examines the antecedents of technical-vocational university students’ active participation and learning effectiveness of English proficiency development in a blended e-learning (BEL) environment. A BEL system was employed to support technical-vocational university students’ English proficiency development. The research model is tested using a questionnaire survey of 298 participants. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to test the reliability and validity of the measurements. The partial least squares method was used to validate the measurement and hypotheses. The empirical results indicate that e-learning self-efficacy, social influence and BEL system characteristics are the primary antecedents of students’ active participation in a BEL environment. The results also show that e-learning self-efficacy, student active participation and BEL system characteristics saliently affect technical-vocational university students’ learning effectiveness of English proficiency development. The findings signify that technical-vocational university students show positive incline towards the active participation in BEL for English as a foreign language (EFL) courses and exposed a possible benefit of English proficiency development from its use in the long run. The results can not only proffer instrumental suggestions for the critical research issue of e-learning, but also may serve as instrumental guidelines for a BEL environment to be effective implemented with care to avoid the risk to weaken student’s interests and activations in English proficiency development in BEL.

scholarly journals Computer-related metacognitive and self-efficacy beliefs of university students: A Japanese case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-348
Author(s):  
James Saunders-Wyndham ◽  
Eleanor Smith ◽  
Travis H. Past
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Japanese Case
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