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Usher, Ellen L.; Butz, Amanda R.; Chen, Xiao-Yin; Ford, Calah J.; Han, Jaeyun; Mamaril, Natasha A.; Morris, David B.; Peura, Pilvi; Piercey, Raven R. – Theory Into Practice, 2023
Over the past 2 decades, scholars in various educational contexts have examined Bandura's theorizing about how self-efficacy develops. Bandura proposed 4 primary informational sources of self-efficacy--enactive experiences, vicarious experiences, social persuasions, and physiological and affective states--each of which can be supported in…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Educational Strategies
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Ford, Calah J.; Usher, Ellen L.; Scott, Veronica L.; Chen, Xiao-Yin – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Background: Self-efficacy, or the beliefs learners hold about what they can do, develops largely from how learners perceive and interpret four main sources of information: mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, social persuasions and physiological and affective states. Although the relationship between these sources and self-efficacy is…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Personality Traits, Middle School Students, Social Influences
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Chen, Xiao-Yin; Usher, Ellen L.; Roeder, Madelyn; Johnson, Alecia R.; Kennedy, Marian S.; Mamaril, Natasha A. – Journal of Engineering Education, 2023
Background: Engineering self-efficacy, or the belief in one's own capabilities to complete engineering tasks, has been shown to predict greater motivation, academic performance, and retention of engineering students. Investigating the types of experiences that influence engineering students' self-efficacy can reveal ways to support students in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Self Efficacy, Emotional Response
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Love, Abigail M. A.; Usher, Ellen L.; Toland, Michael D.; Railey, Kirsten S.; Campbell, Jonathan M.; Spriggs, Amy D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is currently one of the most researched of all childhood developmental disorders and is receiving attention in many domains. The purpose of this study was to design and provide psychometric evidence for a scale that measures police officer self-efficacy for working with individuals with ASD. Psychometric properties…
Descriptors: Police, Self Efficacy, Knowledge Level, Autism
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Mantooth, Renae; Usher, Ellen L.; Love, Abigail M. A. – Learning Environments Research, 2021
In recent years, considerable attention has been given to how the physical structure of active learning classrooms affects academic performance, but little is known about how these spaces influence learners' personal capability beliefs. The purpose of this study was to investigate how students' beliefs and performance varied in two physical…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Environmental Influences, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement
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Han, Jaeyun; DiGiacomo, Daniela K.; Usher, Ellen L. – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, courses in higher education have increasingly been delivered via asynchronous online modalities. Although such modalities may allow instructors and students greater flexibility in how they engage with their courses, they increase the self-regulatory challenges learners experience. Students may feel less…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Courses