Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Scott Bell, Northwest Missouri State University; Eugene Vasserman, Kansas State University; Eleanor C Sayre, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

changes in studentinterest and self-efficacy as they relate to cybersecurity.Measuring change in student interest gives us an indication of how well a given course ismotivating students to pursue further knowledge or work in this sub-field. 22 Building long-termstudent interest is vital within a new, fast-changing, field such as cybersecurity. Self-efficacy isdefined as “...a person’s belief in his or her capability to perform a task,” 8 Measuring studentself-efficacy is important because it has been linked with outcomes such as persistence on task,academic success and long-term career success. 4,19 Studies have shown that students with higherself-efficacy in fields such as mathematics are more willing to discard faulty strategies and reworkmore

Conference Session

Topics in Computing and Information Technologies I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University; Yanhua Cao, Jackson State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

cooperation scaffolding might hinder students’ cooperation inlearning. The impacts of scaffolding on students' learning dispositions measured by MSLQ 23 wereexamined by comparing results between the post-test and the pre-test in terms of size effect, asshown in Table 10. According to the comparison, Group B enjoyed the increase in self-efficacy, intrinsic value, cognitive strategy use and self-regulation, but suffered intensified testanxiety. Group C, similar to Group D, experienced increase in self-efficacy and reduced testanxiety, but failed to develop in intrinsic value cognitive strategy use and self-regulation.However, Group D enjoyed the boldest increase in self-efficacy and largest decrease in testanxiety, but they suffered the largest