Self-efficacy and Graduating

High School

Student Voices:

Theoretical Frameworks

Social Cognitive Theory

Constructivism

Self-Efficacy

Multi-Phase Sequential Design

Survey

Analysis

Academic Data

Analysis

Interviews

Analysis

Limitations & Quality

One State

One District

Many Voices

SELF-A

SELF-AValid

ANOVANone

Self-Efficacy CorrelationsNone

Score Range:

57-201

.

Academic Data

Correlations were found between grades and standardized assessment scores (whew), but not between any academic data and self-efficacy.

Open-Ended Responses

Interviews – Step 1

Vicarious Experiences

Enactive Attainment

Verbal Persuasion

Interviews – Step 2

Self Regulation

Verbal Persuasion

Enactive Attainment

Vicarious Experience

Motivation Goal SettingTime

Management

Findings

• Motivation

• Time Management

• Goal Setting

• Stressors

• Relevancy

• Distractions

• Physiological State

• Verbal Persuasion

• Vicarious Experience

• Enactive Attainment

• Learning

• Academic Support

• Completion

• Role Models

• Encouragement

Positive Influences

Sources of Self -

Efficacy

Self Regulation

Negative Influences

Implications for Practice

Self-efficacy has a powerful effect on student persistence.

Educators need to be aware of practices that can affect student self-efficacy positively or negatively.

Self-efficacy is constructed personally by each individual over time.

Final Thoughts

“People who regard themselves as highly efficacious

act, think, and feel differentlyfrom those who perceive themselves as inefficacious. They

produce their own future, rather than simply

foretell it.”

~Bandura, 1986, p. 395