Sources of Middle School Students' Self-Efficacy in Mathematics: A Qualitative Investigation

Autor/in	Usher, Ellen L.
Titel	Sources of Middle School Students' Self-Efficacy in Mathematics: A Qualitative Investigation
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 46 (2009) 1, S.275-314 (40 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831208324517
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Self Efficacy; Heuristics; Mathematics Teachers; Epistemology; Interviews; Student Attitudes; Social Cognition; Parents; Mathematics Education; Student Motivation; Questionnaires; Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Heuristik; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Erkenntnistheorie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Soziale Kognition; Eltern; Mathematische Bildung; Schulische Motivation; Fragebogen; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor
Abstract	According to A. Bandura's (1986) social cognitive theory, individuals form their self-efficacy beliefs by interpreting information from four sources: mastery experience, vicarious experience, social persuasions, and physiological or affective states. The purpose of this study was to examine the heuristics students use as they form their mathematics self-efficacy from these and other sources. Semistructured interviews were conducted with eight middle school students who reported either high or low self-efficacy and with students' parents and mathematics teachers. Students relied on information from all four hypothesized sources, which were combined according to various heuristics. Teaching structures, course placement, and students' self-regulated learning also emerged as important factors related to self-efficacy. Results refine and extend the tenets of social cognitive theory. (Contains 2 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10