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  • Validation of an instrument for mathematics enhancement teaching efficacy of Pacific Northwest agricultural educators

    Creator:
    Jansen, Daniel J.
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    Teacher efficacy continues to be an important area of study in educational research. This study tested an instrument designed to assess the perceived efficacy of agricultural education teachers when engaged in lessons involving mathematics instruction. The study population of Oregon and Washington agricultural educators utilized in the validation of the...
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    difference. Of course the big three who were with me throughout the undergraduate years; Dr. Lee Cole

  • A practical implementation of self-efficacy theory to improve the engineering curriculum

    Creator:
    Plisch, Marjorie
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    What are the most effective ways to improve the engineering curriculum? Improvements should result in increased student retention, undergraduates who are more industry-ready and graduates who are better prepared to be leaders. Current research suggests that the best predictor of persistence is a person’s self-efficacy. The focus of this thesis...
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    -level course, Electronics II, is presented. Another important factor in improving retention is

  • The relationship between involvement with serious mental illness and self-efficacy among novice counselors

    Creator:
    Pendygraft, Anne L.
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    The purpose of this dissertation was to demonstrate research scholarship using the American Psychological Association (APA) manuscript-style dissertation format, in accordance with Oregon State University Graduate School and Counseling Academic Unit guidelines. Chapter 1 explains how chapters 2 and 3 are thematically linked manuscripts intended to extend professional literature in...
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    University Graduate School and Counseling Academic Unit guidelines. Chapter 1 explains how chapters 2 and 3

  • Toward making the invisible visible : studying science teaching self-efficacy beliefs

    Creator:
    Perkins, Catherine J.
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    This dissertation consists of two articles to be submitted for publication. The first, a literature review, makes visible common influences on science teaching self-efficacy beliefs and also points to potentially invisible validation concerns regarding the instrument used. The second investigates the participants' invisible science teaching self-efficacy beliefs and, through the...
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    ..................................................................................................................... 35 Chapter 3: Toward Making the Invisible Visible: A Validation Study of the STEBI..... 43

  • Increasing college-going self-efficacy of rural fifth grade students

    Creator:
    Jensen, Michelle L.
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    The work of professional school counselors in helping students achieve academically and increasing their college-going rates is significant work. Research indicates that high school and even middle school is often too late for students to begin the process of college and career planning. This dissertation includes two manuscripts. The first...
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    ………………………………………………………………………………. 1 College Access and Success …………………………………………………… 3 Childhood Development of Elementary

  • Developing self-efficacy and self-regulated learning in academic planning : applying social cognitive theory in academic advising to assess student learning outcomes

    Creator:
    Erlich, Richard J.
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    This dissertation demonstrates how Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, 1986, 1997) can be successfully applied to Counselor academic advising interventions, in order to increase students' self-efficacy and self-regulated learning (Zimmerman, 2000) in academic planning as learned outcomes. This was accomplished by (a) reviewing the academic advising literature and showing the current...
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    mentoring and review of Manuscripts 2, 3, and 4. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page CHAPTER ONE