The protocols, loosely based on a previous investigation (Zeldin, 2000;
Zeldin & Pajares, 2000), were designed to methodically explore students’
efficacy beliefs as well as each of the sources of efficacy suggested by selfefficacy
theory. During both the BGR and mid-semester interviews, students
were introduced to the interview setting by first being asked about what
prompted them to pursue engineering. Their attention was then focused on
their current course of study (ENGR 106 for first-year engineering students and
CHE 205 for second-year students). They were asked (with verb usage
dependant on which protocol was being used), “How would/do you define success in ENGR 106 (or CHE 205), or what would/do you have to do to
consider yourself successful in the course?” and were told “I am interested in
how you think you will do/are doing in your quest to achieve success. To what
degree do you think that you will be/are being successful in 106 (or 205) right
now?” Once the students had been prompted to consider their ENGR 106 or
CHE 205 self-efficacy beliefs, each efficacy source was probed as shown by
the protocol excerpt in Table 3-6.
The protocols, loosely based on a previous investigation (Zeldin, 2000;
Zeldin & Pajares, 2000), were designed to methodically explore students’
efficacy beliefs as well as each of the sources of efficacy suggested by selfefficacy
theory. During both the BGR and mid-semester interviews, students
were introduced to the interview setting by first being asked about what
prompted them to pursue engineering. Their attention was then focused on
their current course of study (ENGR 106 for first-year engineering students and
CHE 205 for second-year students). They were asked (with verb usage
dependant on which protocol was being used), “How would/do you define success in ENGR 106 (or CHE 205), or what would/do you have to do to
consider yourself successful in the course?” and were told “I am interested in
how you think you will do/are doing in your quest to achieve success. To what
degree do you think that you will be/are being successful in 106 (or 205) right
now?” Once the students had been prompted to consider their ENGR 106 or
CHE 205 self-efficacy beliefs, each efficacy source was probed as shown by
the protocol excerpt in Table 3-6.
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