Do self-efficacy,incentives and confidence in public speaking influence how students self-assess? / ¿Influyen la autoeficacia,los incentivos y la confianza para hablar en público en cómo se autoevalúan los estudiantes? |
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Authors: | Alicia Bolívar-Cruz Inmaculada Galván-Sánchez |
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Institution: | Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
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Abstract: | The development of a critical spirit as well as the capacity to self-assess and oral presentation competence are essential in relation to students’ future employability. This study examines the influence of confidence, self-efficacy and the existence of incentives on student self-assessments of their oral presentation competence during an educational activity, taking into account the students’ gender. Data from 201 self-assessments was analysed using different statistical techniques. The results show that the existence of rewards is the only variable that has a significant influence on the self-assessment of male students, while those of female students are determined, above all, by their self-efficacy. The results suggest the need to increase student training on self-assessment, taking these differences into account. They also highlight the need to implement initiatives aimed at improving speakers’ confidence in public speaking as well as self-efficacy levels. |
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Keywords: | self-assessment oral expression gender student assessment higher education |
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