The requirements of modern society for the training of highly qualified and personally effective specialists who can quickly adapt to changing conditions and successfully carry out their professional activities are on the increase. The purpose of our work was the development of the personal self-efficacy of students at universities of the Republic…

Purpose: The Optimizing Performance Through Motivation and Attention for Learning (OPTIMAL) theory predicts that providing learners with choices during skill acquisition will enhance their acquisition performance, motor learning, and expectancies. Based on this theory, it is recommended that instructors ask learners to choose which tasks to…

Recently, the re-entry of business executives into academia as second-career academics has become increasingly common. However, very few studies have been carried out to investigate how these second-career academics survive in their new working environment. The current study set out to explore the survival of second-career academics upon their…

The aim of this study is to examine middle school students' perceptions of information technology self-efficacy and their attitudes towards coding according to various variables and to determine the difference between secondary school students' perceptions of information technology self-efficacy and their attitudes towards coding. The study was…

Teacher self-efficacy is among the most important motivational constructs in teacher education research. Limited studies have examined changes during the transitioning period from preservice into the first years of formal school teaching. This mixed-method study reports on changes in teacher self-efficacy (TSE) and its sources from the completion…

Social-emotional learning (SEL) is a topic of increasing focus in the education sector. SEL is the process by which children acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to effectively recognize and manage emotions, to formulate positive goals, to feel empathy for others, to establish and maintain functioning social relationships. It develops to…

New graduate nurses are faced with complicated and arduous patient circumstances found within the clinical practice setting, which requires competent nursing actions for the best outcomes. Nursing education uses simulation to facilitate clinical experiences, assisting in the development of nursing students' clinical competency and growth in…

Educators have endured the difficulties of teaching during a pandemic for over eighteen months. The COVID-19 pandemic has been described as the greatest challenge for our global society since World War II (Saha and Dutta, 2020). The nuances of teaching during this experience have influenced educators to reflect on their skill set and examine their…

This purpose of this study was to examine the effects of game-based learning and the coherence principle on student outcomes and self-efficacy compared to a multimedia tutorial. The relationship between perceived self-efficacy posttreatment and student outcomes was also explored. Participants included 99 undergraduate students in the information…

Schools increasingly use educational technology, such as laptop computers, as tools to enhance learning. However, the introduction of educational technology in the classroom can also interfere with the learning process by distracting students through multitasking. Multitasking, or switching back and forth between two different tasks, distracts the…

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore the self-efficacy of novice teachers in urban elementary schools from November to February and document a set of challenges that influenced their self-efficacy. Three elementary first-year teachers in a Midwestern urban school district participated in four research segments that each included…

Much research has been published on leadership, leadership development, and strategic leadership relating to theories, styles, strategies, and practices. However, there has been little published research on the influence of adolescent experience and the impact those influences have on the leader they become (Liu et al., 2019). This study aims to…

Academic self-efficacy has been shown to have a significant correlation to academic success in college students (Robbins et al., 2004). Additionally, research has indicated that academic success plays a large role in stress levels experienced by college students (Pedersen & Jodin, 2016). Social comparison has also been posited as a significant…

The purpose of this quantitative correlational-predictive study was to examine if and to what extent educators' self-reported emotional intelligence components--perception of emotion, managing own emotions, managing other emotions, and the utilization of emotions--as measured by the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test, predicted their…

This dissertation explores the perceptions of African American male students regarding mentoring programs at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). It evaluates the impact on career planning, academic performance, and self-efficacy. Using a causal-comparative mixed-method research design,…