ERIC Number: EJ807627
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Dec
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1315
The Role of Feedback and Self-Efficacy on Web-Based Learning: The Social Cognitive Perspective
Wang, Shu-Ling; Wu, Pei-Yi
Computers & Education, v51 n4 p1589-1598 Dec 2008
The social cognitive perspective of self-regulated learning suggests that effective learning is determined by the interactions among personal, behavioral, and environmental influences; particularly, high self-regulated learners hold higher motivation (personal), apply better learning strategies (behavioral) and respond to environmental demand more appropriately (environmental). The study thus uses the social cognitive perspective to explore the role of self-efficacy (personal), student feedback behavior, use of learning strategies (behavioral), performance and receiving feedback (environmental) in Web-based learning. There were 76 university students participated in this study. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were applied for data analysis. The results supported that self-efficacy predicted student use of learning strategies and related to elaborated feedback behavior (personal [right arrow] behavioral). High self-efficacy students applied more high-level learning strategies, such as elaborative strategy and critical thinking. Students who provided elaborated feedback also had higher self-efficacy than those who did not. Moreover, receiving elaborative feedback significantly promoted student self-efficacy (environmental [right arrow] personal), while receiving knowledge of correct response improved student performance. However, the results indicated that feedback behaviors did not predict academic performance, which may be interfered by modeling effects. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), College Students, Self Efficacy, Learning Strategies, Program Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Environmental Influences, Internet, Social Cognition, Student Motivation, Distance Education, Predictor Variables, Computer Uses in Education
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