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Peer reviewedSmith, Frances M. – Home Economics Research Journal, 1990
Using the self-efficacy concept from Bandura's social learning theory, researchers developed an instrument to measure students' self-perceived competence in home economics core areas. Administration to all graduate students at a midwestern university during 1982-88 verified eight original competence areas and added a ninth. (SK)
Descriptors: College Students, Competence, Core Curriculum, Higher Education
