Conference Session

First-Generation Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Jennifer Blue, Miami University; Brielle Johnson, Miami University; Amy Summerville, Miami University; Brian P. Kirkmeyer, Miami University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, First Generation

is important to understand which beliefs arerelevant to academic performance and how these frameworks of thought differ betweenadvantaged and disadvantaged students. These beliefs that students have relevant to theireducation are related to academic performance. If disadvantaged students enter college withmaladaptive beliefs, they may act as compounding obstacles in addition to financial strains andother external variables.A. Self efficacy Self-efficacy, or the beliefs about one’s ability to successfully complete a task, is criticalfor student retention and persistence through adversity [9]. Even when an individual possessesthe abilities necessary for success, their beliefs in personal capability to perform the taskinfluence their