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A Systematic Review of Academic Self-Concept Measures in First-year Engineering Education

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Conference

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 4: Supporting Success 1

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Tagged Topic

Diversity

Page Count

22

DOI

10.18260/1-2--42525

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https://peer.asee.org/42525

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211

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Jahnavi Dirisina University of Oklahoma

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Jahnavi Dirisina is a Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Oklahoma, with a research focus on Engineering Education.

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Randa L. Shehab University of Oklahoma Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-2857-6082

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Dr. Randa L. Shehab is the Senior Associate Dean and the Nettie Vincent Boggs Professor of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma Gallogly College of Engineering. In this role, Dr. Shehab provides leadership for the college in the areas of academic programs and faculty development. Her goal is to broaden student access, success, and professional development across the members of the college community. Dr. Shehab co-founded and co-directs the Data Science and Analytics Institute which provides education at all degree levels and includes workforce development. Dr. Shehab is a professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and her research interests include ergonomics, mental workload, and human-computer interaction; her current scholarship is focused on factors related to equity and inclusion in engineering education.

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Abstract

This systematic review of Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy is a Complete Theory Paper. Self-concept is defined as the broad view of one’s own abilities formed by self & social evaluations and interactions [1]. Self-concept is hierarchical [2], meaning its features and measures vary with one’s age and their academic attainment level. Academic Self Concept (ASC) is regarded as a crucial predictor of academic outcomes and is found to be related to academic achievement. This connection suggests that methods to improve and maintain high academic self-concept among students will help them achieve desirable student outcomes (e.g., confidence to persist and identity towards the curriculum). Self-concept and self-efficacy often appear commingled in literature even though several mainstream differences exist between the two constructs, with self-concept being domain specific whereas self-efficacy being task specific among others. Instruments to accurately measure self-concept, particularly for freshman engineering students have not been identified, due to the nuances between the theories of self-concept and self-efficacy in literature. The current study involves a systematic review of research that explores prominent measures of ASC in engineering education, acknowledging that ASC measures are sometimes masked as general academic self-efficacy measures. This review will examine existing ASC instruments to identify sub-constructs that can be effectively used for the assessment of academic self-concept in first-year engineering students.

Dirisina, J., & Shehab, R. L. (2023, June), A Systematic Review of Academic Self-Concept Measures in First-year Engineering Education Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--42525

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