Differentiating the Sources of Taiwanese High School Students' Multidimensional Science Learning Self-Efficacy: An Examination of Gender Differences

Autor/inn/en	Lin, Tzung-Jin; Tsai, Chin-Chung
Titel	Differentiating the Sources of Taiwanese High School Students' Multidimensional Science Learning Self-Efficacy: An Examination of Gender Differences
Quelle	In: Research in Science Education, 48 (2018) 3, S.575-596 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0157-244X
DOI	10.1007/s11165-016-9579-x
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Self Efficacy; High School Students; Regression (Statistics); Learning Experience; Mastery Learning; Physiology; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Correlation; Affective Behavior; Measures (Individuals); Student Attitudes; Cognitive Ability; Thinking Skills; Self Concept; Emotional Response; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Lernerfahrung; Physiologie; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Korrelation; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Messdaten; Schülerverhalten; Denkfähigkeit; Selbstkonzept; Emotionales Verhalten
Abstract	The main purpose of this study was to investigate Taiwanese high school students' multi-dimensional self-efficacy and its sources in the domain of science. Two instruments, Sources of Science Learning Self-Efficacy (SSLSE) and Science Learning Self-Efficacy (SLSE), were used. By means of correlation and regression analyses, the relationships between students' science learning self-efficacy and the sources of their science learning self-efficacy were examined. The findings revealed that the four sources of the students' self-efficacy were found to play significant roles in their science learning self-efficacy. By and large, Mastery Experience and Vicarious Experience were found to be the two salient influencing sources. Several gender differences were also revealed. For example, the female students regarded Social Persuasion as the most influential source in the "Science Communication" dimension, while the male students considered Vicarious Experience as the main efficacy source. Physiological and Affective States, in particular, was a crucial antecedent of the female students' various SLSE dimensions, including "Conceptual Understanding," "Higher-Order Cognitive Skills," and "Science Communication." In addition, the variations between male and female students' responses to both instruments were also unraveled. The results suggest that, first, the male students perceived themselves as having more mastery experience, vicarious experience and social persuasion than their female counterparts. Meanwhile, the female students experienced more negative emotional arousal than the male students. Additionally, the male students were more self-efficacious than the females in the five SLSE dimensions of "Conceptual Understanding," "Higher-Order Cognitive Skills," "Practical Work," "Everyday Application," and "Science Communication." (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01