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Schunk, Dale H. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
A model of achievement applicable to learning disabled students is presented which comprises entry characteristics, self-efficacy for learning, task engagement variables, and efficacy cues. Research is summarized on effects of social and instructional variables on self-efficacy and achievement behaviors. Self-efficacy appeared to predict student…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Models
Schunk, Dale H.; Miller, Samuel D. – 2002
Adolescence involves multiple academic changes and increased challenges with potential dramatic effects on student motivation and learning. This chapter focuses on the influence of one motivational process, perceived self-efficacy. The chapter provides background information on self-efficacy related to the larger theoretical framework of human…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents