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Self-Efficacy Is a Stronger Predictor of Final Grade than Motivation in an Introductory Biology Course: A Structural Equation Analysis
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Bailey Von der Mehden; Laurel Philpott; Elisabeth E. Schussler – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2025
Student self-efficacy, their confidence to successfully perform a task, is positively related to course performance. Students with high self-efficacy for a task are more motivated toward that task. Yet few studies have measured students' self-efficacy and motivation levels after exams are returned in introductory biology classes or studied how…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Predictor Variables, Grades (Scholastic), Student Motivation
Individual Differences in Self-Regulated Learning: Exploring the Nexus of Motivational Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, and SRL Strategies in EFL Writing
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Lin Sophie Teng – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This study examines the predictive effects of motivational beliefs and self-efficacy on multiple dimensions of self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies in English as a foreign language (EFL) writing. Undergraduate students (n = 389) were recruited voluntarily from four universities in mainland China. They were invited to complete a set of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Metacognition, Goal Orientation, Predictor Variables