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College enrollment and graduation rates for African Americans remain lower than enrollment and graduation rates for middle and upper-class White students. The lower enrollment and graduation rates have an effect on the number of African American students who pursue the Ph.D. and other research doctorate degrees. In order to increase the number of African Americans and other underrepresented students in the Ph.D. pipeline, the United States Congress passed legislation that created the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program (McNair Scholars Program) in the mid-1980s. The purpose of the McNair Scholars Program is to prepare college students for doctoral studies and careers in academia through involvement in summer research internships and other scholarly activities. One way in which this program may prepare students is through the development of students' academic, research and social self-efficacy. To date, however little research has been conducted to see if the McNair Scholars Program has an effect on African American students' levels of self-efficacy. The purpose of this study was to compare levels of academic, research and social self-efficacy among African American pre- and post-McNair Scholar participants. Levels of self-efficacy were analyzed by McNair participant status (pre-McNair and post-McNair), gender, college and grade point average. The study employed a national sample of African American pre- and post McNair Scholar Program participants. Data were collected using the Graduate Education Self-Efficacy Scale (GESES), a 57-item instrument designed specifically for this study. Items for the survey were developed utilizing existing literature on academic, research and social self-efficacy. Results revealed significant differences in academic, research and social self-efficacy between African American pre- and post-McNair Scholar Program participants. There were no significant differences by gender on academic, research or social self-efficacy. Neither were significant differences found by college grade level on academic or social self-efficacy. There were, however, significant differences based on college grade level on research self-efficacy. There were also significant interaction effects between gender and college grade level on academic, research and social self-efficacy. The results suggest that participating in the McNair Scholars Program raises levels of academic, research and social self-efficacy among African American college students. / Ph. D.

Students who are the first in their families to attend college are less likely to earn a college degree as compared to their continuing-generation peers. In efforts to increase college graduation rates for first-generation college students, support programs designed to assist first-generation college students are increasing in numbers. These first- generation programs are relying on existing research to build effective curriculums. Even though an extensive body of literature exists in the fields of self-efficacy and first- generation college students, research investigating the self-efficacy of first-generation college students are extremely limited. The research is further limited when examining academic self-efficacy and generational status. The purpose of this study is to investigate if parental levels of education affect college students’ self-reported levels of academic self-efficacy. The following research questions guided this study: 1) Do survey response hierarchies differ between first-generation college students and their continuing- generation counterparts on a scale that measures academic self-efficacy?, 2) Do levels of item endorsability vary based upon parental levels of education? and 3) Do the results produced from the college student survey support the existing literature on first- generation college students and academic-self-efficacy? Quality control indicators were utilized to assess the soundness of the instrument and to ensure that the rating scale functioned appropriately. Variable maps were used to compare and contrast student responses and item hierarchies. Pairwise differential item functioning (DIF) was used to examine item endorsability based upon levels of parental education. Results encourage practitioners to be mindful of the importance of data-informed decision making.

Visual arts-based tasks have been used and continue to be used by educators to help support the learning needs of many students. Research findings pertaining to visual arts-based education have concluded that visual arts-based tasks can help to improve students’ social communication skills, support their learning in academic subject areas, and increase their learning engagement. In recognition of the potential benefits of integrating the arts into the curriculum, the Learning Through the Arts (LTTA) program provides students with opportunities to engage in arts-based activities. In 2003, the results of a national longitudinal study on the LTTA program revealed a strong relationship between students’ involvement in the arts and their learning and engagement. The investigators recommended that further research in this area was required; through my research, I sought to contribute to this area of study. It is within the setting of a visual arts-based LTTA program that this study was conducted. Data were collected to construct two multiple-perspective case studies—each involving a Grade 7 student with learning disabilities. Each multiple-perspective case study involved the student’s mother, classroom teacher, and LTTA artist-educator in order to explore the following research question: In what way did visual arts-based tasks incite the student’s learning attitude, engagement level, and feelings of academic self-efficacy within the subject area(s) being explored? Overall, the findings suggested that visual arts-based tasks incited positively each student’s learning attitude, engagement level, and feelings of academic self-efficacy within the respective subject area that the students identified as being one of their least favourite. Most notably, their engagement in the visual arts-based tasks activated each student’s meaningful processing skills and fostered their emotional engagement in the task and their learning. Limitations of this study and future research directions were considered. / Thesis (Master, Education) -- Queen's University, 2013-10-22 18:15:56.859

and key words The submitted dissertation thesis is dealing with the social climate of the classroom and the school success of a pupil. This dissertation thesis is divided into the theoretical and the empiraical part. The teoretical section is focusing on the elaboration of the given theme on the bases of czech and foreign vocational literature. I am focusing on the classroom from the scrutiny of the social psychology. I am analyzing the formation of the classroom's social structure, the methods of its cognition and the most common positions and roles which are most frequently occurring in the classroom. I am introducing the basic findings about the social climate, his formers, determiners and diagnostics. As a last point of this part of my thesis I am dealing with the theme of the school success. I am defining the conception of school ineffectualness, self-classification and academic self-efficacy. In the empirical part I am presenting quantitative research, there were 309 pupils and 17 class masters from the elementary schools in Prague involved. The purpose of my research should have confirm the connection between the social climate of the classroom and the school success of the pupil. Destined for this purpose was the use of 2 questionnaire methods - the questionnaire B-3 and the questionnaire...

Title: Academic self-efficacy of high school students Author: Mgr. et Mgr. Jana Draberová Supervisor: Doc. PhDr. Ilona Gillernová, CSc. Department: Department of Psychology Abstract: This dissertation thesis deals with the concept of academic self-efficacy. The aim of this study was to develop a research tool for assessing high school students` academic self-efficacy, which is not yet available in the Czech environment. The theoretical part is based on a more general level of self-efficacy and further focuses on the specific characteristics of academic self- efficacy and ways of measuring it. The empirical part deals with the development of the questionnaire, with verification of its psychometric characteristics and finding out the relationship with other variables. The research sample consists of 1717 high school students from all regions of the Czech Republic. The research included secondary vocational schools and grammar schools. Students filled in the questionnaire for Czech language and for mathematics. The final research tool is highly reliable and also its validity has been verified. Furthermore, the statistically significant relationship between measured academic self-efficacy and other variables such as school grade, the type of school, gender, specific learning and behavioral disorders or the...

本研究旨在瞭解政大附中學科型教室之規劃理念、學生使用現況、使用滿意度、使用感受與學生學習自我效能，分析不同性別學生在使用現況、滿意度、使用感受及學習自我效能之差異，探討學生學科教室滿意度與使用感受與其學習自我效能之相關，最後提出學科型教室在臺灣規劃實施之相關建議俾供參考。 　　本研究以政大附中國中部學生（有效樣本158人）為問卷調查對象，以秘書及各班副班長共六人為訪談對象，並以其中二班學生一日作息、在學科教室、班級基地、教學研究室及討論室中從事特定活動之學生（共計931人次），以及學科教室之設備與佈置情形為觀察對象。在資料分析上，主要採用描述性分析、次數百分比、平均數與標準差及Pearson積差相關等方法。研究結論如下： 一、政大附中學科型教室空間設備之規劃理念涵蓋班級課程、師生教學、學生置物、移動與人際交流等需求，延長下課時間以增加互動機會並使移動更平順。 二、政大附中學科型教室之國中部學生空間使用現況符合學科教室便利教與學、班級基地兼顧置物與學生交流、教學研究室方便師生談話、討論室供學生交流及停等以及學生移動便利等理念。 三、政大附中國中部學生學科型教室使用滿意度高，使用感受非常好。 四、政大附中國中部學生學習自我效能屬於普通偏高，其中以言語說服、生理狀態及樂意學習三向度平均較高，而整體學習效能為女生高於男生。 五、政大附中國中部學生學科教室滿意度與使用感受與其學習自我效能為中度正相關，且學生學科教室滿意度與使用感受越高，學習自我效能也越高，高低分組在言語說服及樂意學習之差異最明顯。 　　 　　研究者根據文獻探討與研究發現，提出以下幾點建議： 一、對教育機關及人員之建議 （一）學科型教室空間營運模式值得推廣。 （二）學校規劃者在規劃學科型教室空間設備時，應將校地條件、班級數、教師員額、課程設計及師生需求融入規劃考量。 （三）實施學科型教室，教室應有充足教學設備並強化學科佈置，以突顯其特色。 （四）學科教室與班級基地之配置應注意動線便利性，並配合課表強化空間機能。 （五）實施學科型教室應提供安全置物空間及便利停等設施，以減少學生移動負擔，可延長下課時間至15到20分鐘，以增加人際互動機會並使移動更平順。 （六）推行學科型教室時，學校對教師、學生及家長均需持續加強溝通與理念宣導。 （七）定期調查使用者對學科型教室運作之意見，作為對現有措施調整參考。 二、對未來相關研究之建議 （一）在研究學校的選擇上，增加研究學校，與其他學科型教室學校比較。 （二）在研究對象的選擇上，擴大研究對象，納入全校學生或教職員。 （三）在研究內容方面，拓廣研究範圍，作更完整之用後評估，探討更廣泛之學習態度及行為。 / Variation type classroom is one of the operational models of school classrooms. In this model, all classrooms belong to subject teachers instead of students of the class. It is believed that this model could help teachers teach and students learn from the results of literature review. This study examines the relationship between the using satisfaction of variation type classroom and academic self-efficacy of junior high school students in AHS of NCCU. It also examines behaviors of junior high school students in variation type classroom. There are 158 junior high school students in AHS of NCCU surveyed, the secretary and 5 assistant class leaders interviewed, and 931 person-time and 2 classrooms observed in this study. Data gathered in this study indicated the following are the other key findings in this study: 1. The planning rationale of variation type classroom in AHS of NCCU consists of the needs of teachers teaching and students learning, storage, classroom transferring, interpersonal interactions and longer class break for more interaction and smoother classroom transferring of students. 2. The junior high students’using behaviors of variation type classroom in AHS of NCCU correspond to the planning rationale of it. 3. The junior high school students in AHS of NCCU have great using satisfaction toward variation type classroom. 4. The junior high school students in AHS of NCCU have general academic self-efficacy (2.88), with higher efficacy in verbal persuasion, physiological state, and enjoyment of learning. The female junior high students have higher academic self-efficacy than the male students do. 5. There is significant mid-level correlation between the using satisfaction and academic self-efficacy of junior high school students in variation type classroom, and the higher the using satisfaction the students have, the higher their academic self-efficacy is. The major implications of this study are as follows: 1. Variation type classroom operational model is worth promoting. 2. School planner should fully consider about the ground of the school, number of classes and faculty, curricula design and needs of teachers and students when planning space and facilities of variation type classroom. 3. In the variation type classroom operational model, classrooms should be equipped with enough teaching facilities and context of subjects should be emphasized to express the strengths of this model. 4. The convenience of the routes between subject classrooms and student lockers should be considered during arrangement process of the school and in correspondence with the class schedule. 5. The school in variation type classroom should provide safe lockers and convenient facilities for stay and wait to make students move with less stuff. Longer break (15-20 minutes) could be taken into account to promote interpersonal interaction and make students’ transferring of classrooms more smoothly. 6. The school administration needs to communicate and advocate consistently with the students, their parents and the faculty about the rationale of variation type classroom. 7. The school administration could survey about the users’ using satisfaction and opinion regularly to make necessary modification of the model or space and facilities of variation type classroom.

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As análises realizadas utilizaram o banco de dados do Programa de Avaliação da Rede Pública de Educação Básica (PROEB) edição de 2011, que avaliou as disciplinas língua portuguesa e matemática no 5º e 9º anos do Ensino Fundamental e 3º ano do Ensino Médio das redes municipais e estaduais de Minas Gerais. O banco de dados contou com 661.011 alunos e 9.920 escolas. Os dois estudos consistiram no aprimoramento de um estudo conduzido no PROEB 2010. No primeiro estudo, foram realizadas várias alterações nas escalas de Ansiedade Face ao Teste (AFT), Autoeficácia Acadêmica (AFA), Autoconceito Acadêmico (ACA) e Percepção de Controle de Resultados (PC). Em seguida, analisou-se o impacto das alterações na qualidade das escalas. Também foi testada a adequação de uma nova configuração de modelo estrutural composto pelas variáveis AFT, AFA, ACA e MTA e por um fator de segunda ordem denominado Autocrenças Acadêmicas. O segundo estudo avaliou o impacto dessas variáveis no desempenho dos alunos através de um modelo linear hierárquico, considerando três níveis: aluno, turma e escola. Os coeficientes de impacto das variáveis do modelo foram comparados com os obtidos na pesquisa realizada no PROEB 2010. Para avaliar as escalas, no primeiro estudo, foram conduzidas análises fatoriais em duas etapas, exploratória e confirmatória. Em seguida, foram realizadas comparações entre o alfa de Cronbach das escalas atual e anterior. O método de rotação utilizado foi Promax. A modelagem de equações estruturais permitiu que a estrutura de fatores encontrada fosse testada e comparada com a estrutura proposta no estudo realizado no PROEB 2010. No segundo estudo, o fator AFT e o fator de segunda ordem, Autocrenças Acadêmicas, tiveram seus escores gerados através da Teoria de Resposta ao Item, modelo de Samegima, e inseridos no modelo linear hierárquico, juntamente com as outras variáveis em análise. Os coeficientes dos modelos lineares hierárquicos de 2010 foram comparados aos coeficientes do presente estudo. Nos resultados do primeiro estudo, a análise fatorial indicou o surgimento de um novo fator, Motivação Acadêmica e a extinção do fator PC. O Alfa de Cronbach das escalas foi superior ao das escalas anteriores, exceto o fator AFA. Os Alfas foram: AFT: 0,842; AFA: 0,793; ACA: 0,911 e MTA: 0,754. Foram produzidos dois modelos estruturais. Um deles utilizou a estrutura de dados proposta do estudo de 2010, porém, com as medidas das novas escalas (esse modelo foi denominado de 2º modelo). O outro modelo utilizou a nova estrutura de dados encontrada na análise fatorial confirmatória e as medidas das escalas produzidas para esse estudo (3º modelo). Tais modelos foram comparados e o 3º modelo demonstrou bons índices de ajuste, superiores aos demais modelos: CFI=0,96; NFI=0,96; RMSEA=0,12 e RMR=0,05. No segundo estudo, a comparação dos coeficientes dos modelos lineares hierárquicos considerou apenas o nível do aluno e se concentrou nas variáveis emocionais. As variáveis AFT e Autocrenças Acadêmicas do presente estudo obtiveram coeficientes superiores às variáveis emocionais do modelo de 2010, principalmente o fator Autocrenças Acadêmicas. Acredita-se que a diferença se deve ao aprimoramento das escalas, que as tornou mais específicas. As variáveis emocionais apresentaram os maiores coeficientes de impacto no desempenho no modelo linear, superiores ao índice socioeconômico e a defasagem escolar, que são tradicionalmente variáveis de grande impacto no desempenho. As consequências do impacto das variáveis emocionais no desempenho são discutidas do ponto de vista psicométrico e educacional. / This work consists of two distinct studies with different objectives about the impact of the Test Anxiety and Academic self-beliefs on performance in large-scale assessments. The analyzes used the database of the Programa de Avaliação da Rede Pública de Educação Básica (PROEB) 2011 edition, which evaluated subjects Portuguese and mathematics at the 5th and 9th years of Elementary Schooll and the last year of High School of municipal and state schools of Minas Gerais.The database included 661,011 students and 9,920 schools. Both studies consisted in the improvement of a study conducted in PROEB 2010.In the first study, several changes in the Test Anxiety Scale (AFT), Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (AFA), Academic Self-Concept Scale (ACA) and Perceived Control Results Scale (PC) were performed.Then we analyzed the impact of changes in the quality of the scales. Also tested the suitability of a new structural model configuration consisted by the variables AFT, APA, ACA and MTA and a second-order factor named Academic self-beliefs.The second study assessed the impact of these variables on student performance through a hierarchical linear model, considering three levels: student, class and school. The impact coefficients of the variables of the model were compared with those obtained in research conducted in PROEB 2010.In the first study, to evaluate of the scales, a factor analyzes were conducted in two stages, exploratory and confirmatory. Then, comparisons between Cronbach's alpha of the current scale and the previous one were performed.The method used was Promax rotation. The structural equation modeling allowed that the structure of factors found were tested and compared with the structure of factors found in the study conducted in PROEB in 2010.In the second study, the AFT factor and second-order factor, Academic self-beliefs, had their scores generated by the Item Response Theory, model Samegima, and entered into the hierarchical linear model, along with the other variables in the analysis.The coefficients of hierarchical linear models of 2010 were compared to the coefficients of the present study. The results of the first study, shown the emergence of a new factor, Academic Motivation and the demise of the PC factor.The Cronbach's alpha of the scales was higher than the previous scales, except the AFA factor. Alphas were: AFT: 0.842; AFA: 0.793; ACA: MTA and 0.911: 0.754. Two structural models were produced. One of them used the data structure proposed in the 2010 study, however, the measures of the new scales (this model was called the 2nd model).The other model used the new data structure found in the confirmatory factor analysis and measures of the scales produced for this study (model 3). These models were compared and the 3rd model demonstrated good fit, superior to other models: CFI = 0.96; NFI = 0.96; RMSEA = 0.12 and RMR = 0.05.In the second study, the analisys was made by the comparison of coefficients of hierarchical linear models, considering only the level of the student and was focused only on emotional variables. The coeficients of the variables, AFT and Academic self-beliefs of this study were higher than coefficients to emotional variables in the 2010 model, especially the academic selfbeliefs factor.It is believed that the difference is due to the improvement of scales, which become more specific. The emotional variables had the greatest impact on performance coefficients in the linear model, higher then socioeconomic index and school delay, variables that are traditionally knowed as a varialble of large impact on performance . The consequences of the impact of emotional variables on performance are discussed from the point of psychometric and educational standpoint.

The thesis deals with the topic of academic self-efficacy of pupils who have been given protective or institutional education due to significant problematic behaviour by the court and who became clients of children's homes with the school. First, the concept of self-efficacy and the concept of academic self-efficacy is presented. Resources as well as social environment issues and gender differences are related to academic self-efficacy. The following chapter describes the topic of problematic behaviour and behavioural disorders. The third chapter is devoted to protection and constitutional care. The last chapter describes the topic of academic self-efficacy of students with problematic behaviour. The empirical part includes research carried out in children's homes with students showing significant problematic behaviour, using the Myself As a Learner Scale and Children's Self- Efficacy Scale questionnaires. A significant difference was found between the level of academic self-efficacy between a set of pupils from children's homes with a school and a set of pupils from ordinary upper primary schools. Only a partial correlation has been proved between the study average and the level of academic self-efficacy. There was no difference in the level of academic self-efficacy between genders. Equally, the...

Objetivo. En este estudio se buscó determinar la relación que existe entre la autoeficacia académica y el cansancio emocional en estudiantes de secundaria de Lima; así como determinar si existen diferencias entre ambas variables según el género y grado académico. Método. Se utilizó un diseño no experimental, de tipo transversal y de alcance correlacional. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 168 escolares entre 11 a 18 años, se obtuvo por medio de un muestreo no probabilístico por conveniencia. Se emplearon la Escala de Autoeficacia Percibida Específica de Situaciones Académicas versión Domínguez, Villegas, Yauri, Mattos y Ramírez y la Escala de Cansancio Emocional adaptada por Domínguez. Resultados. Se determinó la existencia de una correlación negativa entre ambas variables, cuya magnitud de correlación fue pequeña. Asimismo, en los análisis comparativos, no se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre ambas variables según género (p > 0.050) y grado académico (p > 0.050). Conclusión. Existe correlación negativa entre la autoeficacia académica y el cansancio emocional. Esto significa que, a mayor nivel de autoeficacia académica, existirá un menor grado de cansancio emocional (r = - 0.238, p < 0.050). / Objective. This study sought to determine the relationship between academic self-efficacy and emotional exhaustion in secondary school students from Lima; as well as to determine the differences that exist between both variables according to gender and academic degree. Method. A non-experimental, cross-sectional and correlational design was used. The sample consisted of 168 schoolchildren between 11 and 18 years old, it was obtained through a non-probabilistic convenience sampling. The Domínguez, Villegas, Yauri, Mattos and Ramírez version of the Scale of Perceived Self-Efficacy Specific to Academic Situations and the Scale of Emotional Tiredness adapted by Domínguez were used. Results. The existence of a negative correlation between both variables was determined, whose magnitude of correlation was small. Likewise, in the comparative analyzes, no statistically significant differences were found between both variables according to gender (p> 0.050) and academic degree (p> 0.050). Conclution. There is a negative correlation between academic self-efficacy and emotional exhaustion. This means that, at a higher level of academic self-efficacy, there will be a lower degree of emotional fatigue (r = - 0.238, p <0.050) / Tesis