The mediating effect of well-being between generalized self-efficacy and vocational identity development

International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance - This study analyzed the mediating effect of well-being between generalized self-efficacy and vocational identity development in a...     

The jigsaw technique and self-efficacy of vocational training students: a practice report

Can teenagers’ self-efficacy be improved in a short time? Previous research has shown the positive effect of cooperative learning methods, including “jigsaw classrooms” (Aronson and Patnoe, 1997), on various outcomes (e.g., the liking of school, self-esteem, and reduction of prejudices). The present practice report investigated the effects of jigsaw technique in boosting the self-efficacy of students enrolled in a vocational curriculum. Over a period of four sessions, 33 male participants studied school materials either in jigsaw groups or in a traditional class (individual work). Their academic self-efficacy in math and French was measured before and after treatment. Results indicated that students’ self-efficacy increased after the four sessions, but only in the jigsaw group. This report provides additional evidence supporting the benefit of jigsaw classrooms based on a different outcome than the one used in previous research—namely, self-efficacy—and among a particular population—namely, vocational trainees. Implications for classroom practice are discussed. In particular, the present practice report demonstrates that implementing the jigsaw approach in classrooms might be an effective tool for enhancing the quality of vocational students’ school experience.     

Teacher and principal perceptions of student victimization and the schools’ response to violence: The contributions of context on staff congruence

Consistency in staff awareness and response is a key programmatic centerpiece in most school violence prevention and intervention programs. Staff consensus on the definition of violence, the behaviors that constitute violence, the extent of the problem, and how to deal with violent situations are often the cornerstone of evidence-based programs. Nevertheless, little is known theoretically or empirically about the staff and school variables that shape principal and teacher consensus in recognition of the problem or the response to violence. To explore these issues, this study drew on a nested national sample of Israeli schools (1352 teachers; 186 principals and schools) to explore staff and school correlates of the extent of congruence in staff reports of awareness of and response to school violence and victimization. We drew on Rasch analytic techniques to measure the extent of staff congruence about frequency of student victimization, risky behaviors and school response. Overall, student-reported risky behavior accounted for congruence in staff reports of student victimization and risky behavior and was consistent across Jewish and Arab school systems. Staff reports of student victimization and risk shaped the school's response violent events, but important differences were observed across Jewish and Arab school systems. For example, the findings suggest that above and beyond all the school contextual factors, staff in religious Jewish and Arab schools reported less student victimization and less school response to violent situations. Implications for practice, theory, and future research in the school violence literature are discussed.     

对高职毕业生择业效能感的研究与实践

择业效能是影响人们择业行为的重要心理机制。文章分析了国内外研究的成果,指出了当前高职学生择业效能感的基本特点和现状,从实践的角度提出了教育的对策。     

The relative contributions of vocabulary,decoding, and phonemic awareness to word reading in English versus German

Beginning readers in shallow orthographies acquire word reading skills more quickly than in deep orthographies like English. In addition to extending this evidence base by comparing reading acquisition in English with the more transparent German, we conducted a longitudinal study and investigated whether different early reading skills made different contributions to word reading as a function of orthography. Children (n = 133) were recruited from the first year of primary school in New Zealand (age 5;8) and Germany (age 7;2) and from kindergartens in Germany (age 5;0) to provide both age- and schooling-matched samples. Parallel measures of phonemic awareness, vocabulary, decoding skill, and word reading (accuracy) were administered at two time points, 1 year apart. An advantage for orthography and school attendance existed for reading development. Vocabulary made a greater contribution to word reading in English than in German as did decoding skill. Findings underscore the relative importance of vocabulary and decoding skills for early reading in English.     

Effects of learning approaches,locus of control,socio-economic status and self-efficacy on academic achievement: a Turkish perspective

In this study the effects of learning approaches, locus of control (LOC), socio-economic status and self-efficacy on undergraduate students in North Cyprus was investigated. Four questionnaires were administered on 99 students in order to collect data regarding the learning approaches, LOC, self-efficacy and demographic factors. High cumulative grade point average and self-efficacy were shown to be an indicator of academic achievement and high self-efficacy was related to the use of deep approach (DA). Students, whose mothers had lower levels of education, were found to also predict academic success. No direct significant relationship between DA and academic achievement was found.     

高职新生焦虑状况与自我和谐关系的研究

目的:调查高职新生焦虑总体状况,分析高职新生焦虑与自我和谐的关系。方法:抽取郑州某高职院校新生1803名,采用焦虑自评量表(SAS)和自我和谐量表(SCCS)进行问卷调查。结果:高职新生SAS总分均值39.58±7.63;在性别、出生地、是否独生子女、是否单亲方面,高职新生SAS总分均不存在显著差异;高职新生焦虑与自我和谐之间存在显著相关。结论:高职新生SAS总分显著高于常模;高职新生焦虑与自我和谐状况密切相关,可通过提高高职学生的自我和谐程度来改善其焦虑情绪。     

职业教育质量监测的理论与实践

在我国当前发展阶段，独生子女一代将逐步成为我国人力资源的基本组成部分，如何才能通过教育尤其是与生产实际密切相关的职业教育培养出大批新一代具有创新意识和实践能力，特别是动手能力强的社会主义接班人和建设，对此，职业教育责无旁贷。本通过理论阐述和具体实践相结合，对职业教育引入国际ISO9000质量管理体系的思路和方法进行了实质性的探讨。同时对职业学校规范化管理的可行性和职业学校引入质量管理的可操作性进行了初步尝试。     

高职学生英语学习自我效能感的实证研究

自我效能感是由认知心理学家班杜拉在1977年提出的概念。长期的研究表明自我效能感对学生的英语学习有着极大的影响。本文采用定性和定量的研究方法对500名高职学生的自我效能感做了详细的调查与分析,并期望以此能为高职院校的英语教学提供切实可行的理论指导。     

高职英语专业学生自我效能、兴趣水平与学习策略等因素的相关性研究

运用相关分析法及个人访谈法对来源于高职院校厌学、乐学、次厌学学生的归因倾向、学校环境、兴趣水平、焦虑水平、学习策略水平、动机水平、动机行为、自我效能感水平八因素分别与他们的自我效能感水平、兴趣水平作了相关分析。结果发现：①三类不同学生八大因素之间两两相关。②对厌学类学生而言，自我效能与学习策略、动机行为达到非常显著的相关，与兴趣水平显著相关，与学校环境存在不显著的负相关；兴趣水平与焦虑水平、自我效能达到非常显著的相关，与学校环境显著相关，与归因存在负相关。③对次厌学类学生而言，自我效能与学习策略达到非常显著的相关，与动机行为显著相关，与学校环境、归因倾向呈现低度负相关。（多乐学类学生的自我效能与动机行为产生了显著的正相关，与学校环境、归因方式产生低度负相关；兴趣水平与动机水平、焦虑水平、自我效能、动机行为产生了中低度相关，与归因、学校环境、学习策略产生了中低程度的负相关。     

The relationship between learner control of CAI and locus of control among hispanic students

This study investigated achievement and motivation effects related to locus of control (internal and external) and three levels of learner control (no control, moderate control, and high control). The 101 seventh-grade and eighth-grade Hispanic subjects were classified as internal or external based on locus of control (loc) scores, blocked by sex and grade, then randomly assigned to the three levels of learner control in separate versions of a CAI instructional program in science. Internalloc subjects did not choose more en route practice than externals and did not perform better under high learner control. Theloc results raise questions about the usefulness of locus of control as it relates to instruction, at least with populations similar to the present one.     

Exploring the contributions of job resources,job demands,and job self-efficacy to STEM teachers' job satisfaction: A commonality analysis

This study aims to examine how job resources, demands, and self-efficacy affect American STEM teachers' job satisfaction by analyzing the US TALIS 2018 data. Multiple regression and commonality analysis were used to analyze factors' significant contributions and their detailed real unique and common contributions to STEM teachers' job satisfaction. The results show that the final model explains 29.6% of the variances of STEM teachers' job satisfaction. The commonality analysis further showed that job resources, job demands, and job self-efficacy explained 23.5%, 8.6%, and 8.0% of variances of job satisfaction, respectively. However, these factor sets uniquely contributed 15.9%, 2.9%, and 2.1% of the variance, separately. This study confirms the validity of the revised job demands−resources model for STEM teachers' job satisfaction. Furthermore, the commonality analysis reveals the unique and independent contributions of job demands, resources, and self-efficacy to job satisfaction. Results from the research identified the significance of job resources contributing to the improvement of STEM teachers' job satisfaction.     

The relationship of reading attitudes to academic aptitude,locus of control,and field independence

The relationship between eight dimensions of reading attitude and measures of academic aptitude, locus of control, and field independence was investigated for sample of 322 inner-city Detroit fifth graders. Verbal academic aptitude correlated significantly with the Expressed Reading Difficulty, Reading Anxiety, Silent vs. Oral Reading, and Reading as Enjoyment reading attitude dimensions, while nonverbal academic aptitude correlated with Expressed Reading Difficulty and Reading Anxiety. The Expressed Reading Difficulty, Reading Anxiety, Reading Group, Reading as Direct Reinforcement, and Reading as Enjoyment dimensions were significantly related to the I+ score; reading attitudes were not related to the I- score. Only the Expressed Reading Difficulty dimension correlated with field independence. The meaning of these relationships was discussed.     

Congruence,locus of control,and readings of English college students — An application of John Holland's theory of vocational choice

One hundred and five English undergraduate college students at two colleges in the United Kingdom completed the Holland VPI, the Barron Ego Strength Scale, the Adult Nowicki-Strickland Internal Control Scale, and the Occupational Values Q Sort. Congruent students were identified by matching their reading (major) with their scores on the six Holland type indicators. A Multi-variate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) revealed that congruent subjects exhibited a higher level of internality, greater ego strength, and less affiliation than incongruent subjects. Results are discussed with respect to Holland's theory. The practicability of applying American measurement techniques to an undergraduate English college population is also explored.     

The contribution of science locus of control orientation to expressions of attitude toward science teaching

Science locus of control (SciLOC) orientation is examined as a predictor of attitudes toward science teaching among 104 preservice elementary school teachers. SciLOC orientation refers to beliefs people hold regarding their personal efficacy, or ability to influence the outcome of events, in situations where decisions or actions require either the application of scientific knowledge or the use of reasoning skills associated with scientific thinking. A causal model that links such beliefs to attitudes toward science teaching was formulated and tested in this study. Multiple regression analysis demonstrates that 46% of the variance in attitudes toward science teaching expressed by subjects in the sample studied can be explained by SciLOC orientation. Path analysis of the proposed causal model accounts for 57% of the variance in expressed attitudes and 11% of the variance in SciLOC orientation. These results are interpreted as evidence that SciLOC orientation is a major contributor to attitudes expressed toward science teaching among preservice elementary teachers, with the major contributors to SciLOC orientation remaining to be identified. A troublesome relationship between expressed attitudes and academic performance in college science is also noted.     

高职财务管理课程教学改革探析

财务管理课程作为会计专业及财务管理专业的核心课程,对于学习会计和财务管理的学生来说十分重要。本文本着高职教育的培养目标,在高职财务管理课程教学中,从教学内容,教师的教育观念,教学方法、教学手段和课程考核四个方面对该课程改革进行探析。     

The relationship between sources of self-efficacy in classroom environments and the strength of computer self-efficacy beliefs

Motivation and success in computer-science courses are influenced by the strength of students’ self-efficacy (SE) beliefs in their learning abilities. Students with weak SE may struggle to be successful in a computer-science course. This study investigated the factors that enhance or impede the computer self-efficacy (CSE) of computer-science students. Data collection involved a survey of 524 undergraduate computer-science students from 10 Thai universities. The survey measured four items of CSE, 13 items pertaining to the classroom learning environment (CLE), and 14 items related to information sources of SE. Results revealed that perceptions of a CLE with autonomy, meaningfulness, and involvement were positively associated with strong CSE. In addition, perceptions of social persuasions such as meaningful and encouraging feedback or judgment from influential people demonstrated a statistically positive relationship with CSE. Perceptions of vicarious experiences whereby students determine and compare their own abilities with observational experiences of role models also demonstrated a statistically positive relationship with CSE. Perceived physiological and affective states such as anxiety and stress demonstrated a negative influence CSE. Implications for practice relate to students’ perceptions of autonomous learning, the value of positive feedback, students’ input into learning content and activities, role models for students and observation of how peers perform tasks better or worse.