scholarly journals Measuring the Correlation Between Self-Efficacy Beliefs and English Language Attainments Among Thai University Students

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Thai University

scholarly journals Measuring the Correlation between Self-Efficacy Beliefs and English Language Attainments among Thai University Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Matthew Rudd
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Predictive Value ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Central Research ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Speaking Proficiency ◽  
Significant Difference

This study examined the predictive value of Bandura’s 100 point self-efficacy scales among 208 third year university students (female; n = 108, male; n = 90) from three separate faculties; veterinary medicine (n = 60), business administration (n = 77) and engineering (n = 71) at a private institute of technology located on the outskirts of Bangkok. The central research question of this paper was to ascertain the extent to which one’s self-efficacy beliefs in English language attainments correspond with respective performance outcomes. Respondents were required to indicate their levels of self-efficacy in English as a general subject, as well as in domain specific matters relative to speaking proficiency, mid-term tests and final examinations. The results showed that the predictive value of subject related measures of self-efficacy across the sample population proved to be highly accurate, as the means of both sets of results were not significantly different (S.E: 68.12% vs. English: 66.28%; p <0.05), and were closely correlated (r = 0.692).The results from the domain specific scales, however, were less consistent. While there was no significant difference between declarations of self-efficacy and grade outcomes in both mid-term tests and final examinations (mid-term:62.59% vs. 64.33%; final: 63.22% vs.64.24%; p <0.05), and, both variables were also closely correlated (mid-term, r = 0.7018; final, r = 0.686); personal efficacy judgments for speaking proficiency were significantly inferior to respective attainments (58.46 vs. 68.25; p <0.05); resulting in a weaker correlation (r = 0.5248).

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 An exploratory study on Turkish EFL pre-service teachers’ subjective wellbeing

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-150
Author(s):  
Gökçe Kurt ◽  
Burcu Demir ◽  
Derin Atay
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Study Data ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
High Level ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Nature Of Teaching

Subjective well-being (SWB) has been an intensely studied domain of psychology, predominantly in the field of positive psychology. Due to the nature of teaching as an intellectually, physically and emotionally demanding profession, the last few decades have also witnessed a growing interest in teachers? SWB. The pres?ent study investigated pre-service teachers? (PTs) SWB and explored its relationship to teaching efficacy beliefs and occupational anxiety. A total of 261 PTs enrolled in English Language Teaching departments of five different universities in Turkey participated in the study. Data came from the scales of SWB, teachers? self-efficacy beliefs and occupational anxiety. The findings indicated that PTs had a high level of perceived SWB; female PTs had a significantly higher level of SWB than male ones; PTs? academic year and the type of university they were enrolled in had no signif?icant relationship with their SWB; and both self-efficacy beliefs and occupational anxiety served as significant predictors of PTs? SWB, together explaining 16.2% of the variance in their scores.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document