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ERIC Number: EJ1103426
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jun
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-2153-2516
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Freshman Engineering Students At-Risk of Non-Matriculation: Self-Efficacy for Academic Learning
Ernst, Jeremy V.; Bowen, Bradley D.; Williams, Thomas O.
American Journal of Engineering Education, v7 n1 p9-18 Jun 2016
Students identified as at-risk of non-academic continuation have a propensity toward lower academic self-efficacy than their peers (Lent, 2005). Within engineering, self-efficacy and confidence are major markers of university continuation and success (Lourens, 2014 Raelin, et al., 2014). This study explored academic learning self-efficacy specific to first-year engineering students with at-risk indicators. The at-risk determination was made through trajectory to matriculate, classified by cumulative grade point average of academic studies. An adapted version of the Self-efficacy for Learning (SEL) scale, modified by Klobas, Renzi and Nigrelli (2007), was administered to freshman engineering students identified at-risk and not at-risk of matriculation. Internal consistency of the SEL was analyzed and once deemed satisfactory (Cronbach alpha = 0.94), item-level outcome comparisons between student subgroups were made for each of the 22 instrument items.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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