Confidence: A Better Predictor of Academic Achievement than Self-Efficacy, Self-Concept and Anxiety?

Autor/inn/en	Stankov, Lazar; Lee, Jihyun; Luo, Wenshu; Hogan, David J.
Titel	Confidence: A Better Predictor of Academic Achievement than Self-Efficacy, Self-Concept and Anxiety?
Quelle	In: Learning and Individual Differences, 22 (2012) 6, S.747-758 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-6080
DOI	10.1016/j.lindif.2012.05.013
Schlagwörter	Females; Self Efficacy; Anxiety; Foreign Countries; Misconceptions; Academic Achievement; Self Concept; Predictor Variables; Measures (Individuals); Secondary School Students; Identification; Mathematics Achievement; English (Second Language); Language Aptitude; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Angst; Ausland; Missverständnis; Schulleistung; Selbstkonzept; Prädiktor; Messdaten; Sekundarschüler; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sprachbegabung; Spracheignung; Singapur
Abstract	In this paper we report the results from a study that assessed confidence together with scales measuring self-belief--i.e., self-efficacy, different kinds of self-concepts, and anxiety--among the 15-year old students from Singapore. A distinct confidence factor was identified in the domains of mathematics (N = 1940) and English (N = 1786). Our results show that confidence is: a) a robust individual differences dimension; b) that can be combined with accuracy information to obtain bias scores that may be useful for group comparisons and for identification of misconceptions about particular topics. Confidence as studied in our work to date has been c) the best predictor of achievement in both mathematics and English; d) is related to both cognitive and self-belief measures; and e) it captures much of the predictive variance of other self-beliefs that are, in turn, among the best known predictors of achievement. (Contains 5 figures and 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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