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Peer reviewedPajares, Frank – Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 1994
Researchers agree that academic self-efficacy beliefs are strongly predictive of academic performance. This study investigates four students' perceptions of the evolution of their efficacy beliefs about writing and of the relationship between these beliefs and their writing competence. (JPS)
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Expectation, Higher Education, Qualitative Research
Download full textPajares, Frank – 1996
Guidelines regarding self-efficacy assessment are highlighted in the first section of this paper. In the second section, the issue of specificity versus generality of measurement is clarified. And last, preliminary results of a study of eighth graders (n=172) are presented which demonstrate that: (1) the optimal level of specificity of any…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Classroom Research, Educational Research
