Gender differences in school children's self-efficacy beliefs : students' and teachers' perspectives
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2014
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Webb Williams, J.
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Educational Research and Reviews, 2014; 9(3):75-82
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This small scale study examined gender differences in self-efficacy. 24 girls and 28 boys aged between10 and 12 years completed self-efficacy questionnaires and attainment tests. The study was conducted in two primary school classrooms in England and the results indicated that gender differences in self efficacy were significant with boys holding a lower sense of self-efficacy than girls coupled with lower performance. Boys’ self-efficacy scores were significantly correlated with performance but this relationship was lower than that of the girls. Interviews with the two teachers involved in this study showed a lack of understanding and awareness of the self-efficacy beliefs of their students and the impact it potentially had on their students’ performance. Implications for teachers are discussed.
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Copyright 2014 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article. This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0