Lee, D., & Rhoads, J. F., & Berger, E. J., & Deboer, J. (2020, June), WIP: The Predictive Power of Engineering Undergraduate Students’ Academic Self-efficacy and Test Anxiety for Their Academic Performance in a Dynamics Course  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--35575

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  Lee, D., \& Rhoads, J. F., \& Berger, E. J., \& Deboer, J. (2020, June), \emph{WIP: The Predictive Power of Engineering Undergraduate Students’ Academic Self-efficacy and Test Anxiety for Their Academic Performance in a Dynamics Course}
  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line .
  10.18260/1-2--35575

Daeyeoul Lee, Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Edward J. Berger, and Jennifer Deboer.  "WIP: The Predictive Power of Engineering Undergraduate Students’ Academic Self-efficacy and Test Anxiety for Their Academic Performance in a Dynamics Course".  2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2020.  https://peer.asee.org/35575 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_35575}
  Daeyeoul Lee, Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Edward J. Berger, and Jennifer Deboer.
  "WIP: The Predictive Power of Engineering Undergraduate Students’ Academic Self-efficacy and Test Anxiety for Their Academic Performance in a Dynamics Course".
  \emph{2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2020.
  https://peer.asee.org/35575 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Self-regulated learning (SRL) is an important factor that positively affects students’ academic performance in general academic settings [1]. This factor has received increasing attention from the engineering and technology communities as of late [2] because it potentially provides useful information on how to adapt instructional strategies to help improve the students’ academic performance and retention [3]. A large number of engineering students who leave engineering majors and transfer to another major [4] do so because of factors such as a comparatively low GPA [5] and a lack of self-efficacy [4]. Dynamics is widely perceived as one of the most difficult sophomore-level courses by engineering students [6]. Although two motivational components of SRL, self-efficacy which is context-specific [7] and test anxiety, play a vital role in difficult university courses, studies of these constructs in mechanics education are rare. While some previous studies [8] found a significantly positive correlation between engineering students’ academic self-efficacy and their academic performance, others [9] did not, which showed inconsistent results. In addition, although a negative relationship between self-efficacy and test anxiety found in general academic settings provides a new insight on how to support them such as an intervention program using a cognitive behavioral treatment for test anxiety [10], a little has been known about it in mechanics education.   
This work-in-progress paper examines the effects of engineering undergraduate students’ academic self-efficacy and test anxiety on their grade point average (GPA) in a dynamics course using Pintrich’s SRL model [11] as a theoretical framework. The study encompasses two research questions: (i) What is the relationship between engineering undergraduate students’ academic self-efficacy and test anxiety in a dynamics course? and (ii) To what extent do engineering undergraduate students’ academic self-efficacy and test anxiety predict their academic performance in a dynamics course? Data for this study were collected during the Spring and Fall 2019 semesters in a dynamics course at a large Midwestern university (approximately 600 students). A survey was used to measure self-efficacy and test anxiety at the beginning of the course. Students were provided a small incentive to participate. Eight self-efficacy items and five test anxiety items from the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) developed by Pintrich, Smith, Garcia, and McKeachie [12] were used. To address the first research question, Pearson’s correlation analysis was employed. Likewise, to address the second research question, multiple linear regression analysis was used. Though data collection and analysis are incomplete to date, we hypothesize that there will be a negative relationship between engineering undergraduate students’ academic self-efficacy and test anxiety. In addition, we believe based on preliminary analyses that academic self-efficacy and test anxiety will significantly predict academic performance. The findings of this study will contribute to the growing body of empirical evidence related to the role of academic self-efficacy and test anxiety in engineering education settings.
This work-in-progress paper examines the effects of engineering undergraduate students’ academic self-efficacy and test anxiety on their grade point average (GPA) in a dynamics course using Pintrich’s (2004) SRL model as a theoretical framework. The study encompasses two research questions: (i) What is the relationship between engineering undergraduate students’ academic self-efficacy and test anxiety in a dynamics course? and (ii) To what extent do engineering undergraduate students’ academic self-efficacy and test anxiety predict their academic performance in a dynamics course? Data for this study were collected during the Spring and Fall 2019 semesters in a dynamics course at a large Midwestern university (approximately 600 students). A survey was used to measure self-efficacy and test anxiety at the beginning of the course. Students were provided a small incentive to participate. Eight self-efficacy items and five test anxiety items from the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) developed by Pintrich, Smith, Garcia, and McKeachie (1993) were used. To address the first research question, Pearson’s correlation analysis was employed. Likewise, to address the second research question, multiple linear regression analysis was used. Though data collection and analysis are incomplete to date, we hypothesize that there will be a negative relationship between engineering undergraduate students’ academic self-efficacy and test anxiety. In addition, we believe based on preliminary analyses that academic self-efficacy and test anxiety will significantly predict academic performance. The findings of this study will contribute to the growing body of empirical evidence related to the role of academic self-efficacy and test anxiety in engineering education settings.

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AU  - Daeyeoul Lee
AU  - Jeffrey F. Rhoads
AU  - Edward J. Berger
AU  - Jennifer Deboer
CY  - Virtual On line 
DA  - 2020/06/22
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - WIP: The Predictive Power of Engineering Undergraduate Students’ Academic Self-efficacy and Test Anxiety for Their Academic Performance in a Dynamics Course
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DO  - 10.18260/1-2--35575
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