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Publication Date: 2007
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Assessing Progress toward Accreditation Related Objectives: Evidence regarding the Use of Self-Efficacy as an Outcome in the Advanced Concentration Research Curriculum
Holden, Gary; Barker, Kathleen; Rosenberg, Gary; Onghena, Patrick
Research on Social Work Practice, v17 n4 p456-465 2007
Objective: Assessing the achievement of social work educational outcomes is a requirement of the Council on Social Work Education's Educational Policy and Standards (EPAS). The Evaluation Self-Efficacy Scale (ESE) was created to assess student progress in advanced concentration courses focused on evaluation and thereby provide data regarding attainment of EPAS-related objectives. Method: This social cognitive theory--derived scale was pretested, revised, and then used with a final sample of 85 master's-level students in a single-group, pretest-posttest-retrospective pretest study. Results: Cronbach alphas for the ESE were 0.94 or greater. Evidence of both content and construct validity was obtained. Conclusion: The results provide evidence that supports the psychometric properties of data obtained using the ESE. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Outcomes of Education, Pretests Posttests, Construct Validity, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Epistemology, Educational Policy, Accreditation (Institutions), Institutional Evaluation, Program Validation, Graduate Students, Theory Practice Relationship, Social Work
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