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Predictive Utility and Causal Influence of the Writing Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Elementary Students.
Pajares, Frank; Valiante, Gio – 1996
According to self-efficacy theorists, people's judgments of what they can accomplish are influential arbiters in human agency and, as such, powerful determinants of their behavior. In large part, this is because these self-efficacy beliefs are said to act as mediators between other acknowledged influences on behavior, such as skill, ability,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Elementary Education, Gender Issues