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Usher, Ellen L.; Butz, Amanda R.; Chen, Xiao-Yin; Ford, Calah J.; Han, Jaeyun; Mamaril, Natasha A.; Morris, David B.; Peura, Pilvi; Piercey, Raven R. – Theory Into Practice, 2023
Over the past 2 decades, scholars in various educational contexts have examined Bandura's theorizing about how self-efficacy develops. Bandura proposed 4 primary informational sources of self-efficacy--enactive experiences, vicarious experiences, social persuasions, and physiological and affective states--each of which can be supported in…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Educational Strategies
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Eun, Barohny; Knotek, Steven E. – Research in Education, 2022
A Vygotskian approach to assessment is proposed by invoking the distinction between the development of lower and higher psychological functions. Higher psychological functions are specifically human and develop with the use of cultural tools via mediation. Accordingly, a distinction is made between tests that are based on association, which have…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Sociocultural Patterns, Psychological Patterns, Teaching Methods
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Jones, Suzanne H.; Putney, LeAnn G. – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2019
In prior studies, we examined Collective Classroom Efficacy (CCE) through the role of teacher and through the voices of students in a diverse classroom developing CCE. One participant exhibited an element of hope that added to her learning experience. Through Lara's telling case, we illustrate how she accomplished her goals through interactions…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Teacher Role, Student Attitudes, Learning Experience