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Gender, Self-Efficacy and Attrition from STEM Programmes: Evidence from Danish Survey and Registry Data

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Pedersen, Jens Vognstoft; Nielsen, Mathias Wullum – Studies in Higher Education, 2024

The persistent gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is often attributed to differences in students' confidence in their own academic abilities (i.e. self-efficacy). Yet, the role of self-efficacy in mediating gender differences in STEM attrition is unclear. To address this issue, we analyse administrative register…

Descriptors: Gender Issues, Self Efficacy, Student Attrition, STEM Education

Pre-Academic Learning Self-Efficacy Revisited: Validation in the Danish Academy Profession Degree Context and Differences across Degree Programs

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Nielsen, Tine – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022

The relevance of academic self-efficacy for educational outcomes is well documented. Pre-academic self-efficacy has hardly been studied, and only one study was found to include an assessment of the measurement invariance of the scale used. The aims were to validate the Pre-Academic Learning Self-Efficacy (PAL-SE) scale in a non-university higher…

Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Pandemics, Scores, Foreign Countries

Measuring Academic Learning and Exam Self-Efficacy at Admission to University and Its Relation to First-Year Attrition: An IRT-Based Multi-Program Validity Study

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Nielsen, Tine; Friderichsen, Ida Sophie; Hartkopf, Bjarke Tarpgaard – Frontline Learning Research, 2019

Self-efficacy is associated with both academic performance and attrition in higher education. Whether it is possible to measure students' academic self-efficacy after admission and prior to commencing higher education (i.e. pre-academic self-efficacy) in a valid and reliable way has hardly been studied. Aims: 1) to evaluate the construct validity…

Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Higher Education, College Admission