Which Task Characteristics Do Students Rely on When They Evaluate Their Abilities to Solve Linear Function Tasks? - A Task-Specific Assessment of Self-Efficacy.

ABSTRACT: Self-efficacy is an important predictor of learning and achievement. By definition, self-efficacy requires a task-specific assessment, in which students are asked to evaluate whether they can solve concrete tasks. An underlying assumption in previous research into such assessments was that self-efficacy is a one-dimensional construct. However, empirical evidence for this assumption is lacking, and research on students' performance suggests that it depends on various task characteristics (e.g., the representational format). The present study explores the potential multi-dimensionality of self-efficacy in the topic of linear functions. More specifically, we investigate how three task characteristics - (1) the representational format, (2) embedding in a real-life context,

SUBMITTER: Siefer K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7994344 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature