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Positive Impacts of Modeling Instruction on Self-Efficacy
2010 PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE, v 1289, pp 289-292
01 Jan 2010
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Abstract
Analysis of the impact of Modeling Instruction (MI) on the sources of self-efficacy for students in Introductory Physics 1 will be presented. We measured self-efficacy through a quantitative diagnostic (SOSESC) developed by Fencl and Scheel [1] to investigate the impact of instruction on the sources of self-efficacy in all introductory physics classes. We collected both pre- semester data and post-semester data, and evaluated the effect of the classroom by analyzing the shift (Post-Pre). At Florida International University, a Hispanic-serving institution, we find that traditional lecture classrooms negatively impact the self-efficacy of all students, while the MI courses had no impact for all students. Further, when disaggregating the data by gender and sources of self-efficacy, we find that Modeling Instruction positively impacted the Verbal Persuasion source of self-efficacy for women. This positive impact helps to explain high rates of retention for women in the MI classes.
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- Title
- Positive Impacts of Modeling Instruction on Self-Efficacy
- Creators
- Vashti Sawtelle - Florida International UniversityEric Brewe - Florida International UniversityLaird H. Kramer - Florida International University
- Contributors
- C Singh (Editor)M Sabella (Editor)S Rebello (Editor)
- Publication Details
- 2010 PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE, v 1289, pp 289-292
- Series
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Publisher
- Amer Inst Physics
- Number of pages
- 4
- Grant note
- 0836937 / Direct For Education and Human Resources; Division Of Undergraduate Education; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for STEM Education (EDU)
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000285800400073
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-79951980134
- Other Identifier
- 991021877366804721
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