Academic Self-efficacy in Education

Nature, Assessment, and Research
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-981-16-8242-1
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

This book documents systematic, prodigious and multidisciplinary research in the nature and role of academic self-efficacy, and identifies areas for future research directions within the three sections of the book: 'Assessment and Measurement of Academic Self-efficacy', 'Empirical Studies on What Shapes Academic Self-efficacy', and 'Empirical Studies on Influence of Academic Self-efficacy'.

The book presents works by educators and researchers in the field from various parts of the world, highlighting advances, creative and unique approaches, and innovative methods. It examines discussions around the theoretical and practical aspects of academic self-efficacy in culturally and linguistically-diverse educational contexts. This book also showcases work based on classical and modern test theory methods, mediation and moderation analysis, multi-level modelling approaches, and qualitative analyses.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nielsen, Tine

Khine, Myint Swe

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Introduction.- Chapter 1. The Influence of Academic Self-efficacy Belief on Students’ Achievement.- Part 2: Assessment and Measurement of Academic Self-Efficacy.- Chapter 2. Measuring Academic Self-Efficacy in Real-Time.- Chapter 3. Nurturing Learner Self-Efficacy Beliefs in STEM through Citizen Science: Theory, Assessment, and Applications.- Chapter 4. Assessment of Academic Self efficacy: Validity and Pragmatic uses of a Grid -Type Instrument.- Chapter 5. Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Translation of the Specific Academic Learning Self-Efficacy and the Specific Academic Exam Self-Efficacy Scales in a Higher Education Context.- Part 3: Empirical Studies on What Shape Academic Self-efficacy.- Chapter 6. Mathematics Self Efficacy: the dimensionality of the construct in the UK secondary and post-compulsory education population.- Chapter 7. What Shapes Academic Self-Efficacy?.- Chapter 8. Academic Self-Efficacy in a Globalized Era: Impacts of Culture and Cross-Culture.- Chapter 9. Children’s self-efficacy in reading – specificity and longitudinal relations.- Chapter 10. Can Adaptive Learning Resources Boost Student Confidence? The Role of Adaptive Learning Resources in Shaping Self-Efficacy.- Chapter 10. Can Adaptive Learning Resources Boost Student Confidence? The Role of Adaptive Learning Resources in Shaping Self-Efficacy.- Chapter 11. Self-Efficacy in the Classroom: the Roles of Motivation, Positivity and Resilience._ Chapter 11. Self-Efficacy in the Classroom: the Roles of Motivation, Positivity and Resilience.- Chapter 12. Promoting Online Student Persistence: Strategies to Promote Online Self-Efficacy._ Part 4: Empirical Studies on the Influence of Academic Self-efficacy.- Chapter 13. Life satisfaction and engagement among university students: A moderated mediation model of academic self-efficacy and life orientation._ Chapter 14. Relationship between Learning Environment and Academic Achievement: Mediating Role of Academic Self-efficacy._ Chapter 15. The impact of academic self-efficacy on academic motivation: the mediating and moderating role of future orientation among Italian undergraduate students._ Chapter 16. Academic Self-efficacy and its Influence on Teachers’ Postgraduate Study Experiences: Voices from the Field.- Part 5: Concludion.- Chapter 17. Academic Self-efficacy in Educational Contexts: Current Research and Future Directions.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Myint Swe Khine is Adjunct Professor in the School of Education at Curtin University, Australia. He holds Master's degrees from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA and University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, and Doctor of Education from Curtin University, Australia. He has also worked at the Learning Science and Technology Academic Group at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has published widely in established journals and edited several books published by academic publishers.

Dr Tine Nielsen is Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Research in Education and Social Sciences at the UCL University College, Odense, Denmark. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Psychology from the University of Copenhagen, and a PhD in Educational Psychology and Psychometrics from The Danish University of Education. Her research is mainly in the cross-field of higher education psychology, health-related psychology, and psychometrics. She haspreviously been Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Senior Advisor on Education at Copenhagen Business School and Head of Studies at the Department of Psychology at the University of Southern Denmark. She is also Subject Editor (higher education and psychometrics) for the Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research.