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Ruble, Lisa A.; Usher, Ellen L.; McGrew, John H. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2011
Teacher self-efficacy refers to the beliefs teachers hold regarding their capability to bring about desired instructional outcomes and may be helpful for understanding and addressing critical issues such as teacher attrition and teacher use of research-supported practices. Educating students with autism likely presents teachers with some of the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Autism, Rating Scales, Special Education Teachers
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Usher, Ellen L. – American Educational Research Journal, 2009
According to A. Bandura's (1986) social cognitive theory, individuals form their self-efficacy beliefs by interpreting information from four sources: mastery experience, vicarious experience, social persuasions, and physiological or affective states. The purpose of this study was to examine the heuristics students use as they form their…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Self Efficacy, Heuristics, Mathematics Teachers