Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

David R. Haws

measures of self-efficacy change is the general expression of overall self-efficacy belief indicated by the student’s answer to the last question on the self-efficacyevaluation form: “How would you rate your ability to learn the material contained in this courseand similar courses?” The second expression of self-efficacy could be determined from theaverage change in self-efficacy belief relative to the learning objectives that were contained inthe course content (excluding the problems that were addressing pre-requisite skills). Because itwas anticipated that self-report might under or over estimate the actual achievement levels, andthat the degree of under or over estimation might also be expected to change over the course ofthe semester in