Mathematics Self-Efficacy and Mathematics Performances: The Need for Specificity of Assessment.

Pajares, Frank; Miller, M. David

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ERIC Number: EJ508003

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Publication Date: 1995

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Mathematics Self-Efficacy and Mathematics Performances: The Need for Specificity of Assessment.

Pajares, Frank; Miller, M. David

Journal of Counseling Psychology, v42 n2 p190-98 Apr 1995

Asked 391 students to provide 3 types of mathematics self-efficacy judgments. Students' reported confidence to answer the problems they were later asked to solve proved a more powerful predictor of that performance than either their confidence to perform math-related tasks or to succeed in math-related courses. (RJM)

Descriptors: Ability, Evaluation, Mathematical Aptitude, Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Skills, Performance, Performance Factors, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Self Efficacy

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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