Students’ mathematics self-efficacy: relationship with test achievement and development in the classroom

Thesis

Self-efficacy is individuals’ judgments regarding their capabilities to carry out future tasks or challenges. These judgments of capability are related to important learning behaviours such as effort and persistence, performance, and choice of career path. In order to support students’ continued engagement with and learning of mathematics, it is important to consider how students make sense of their mathematical experiences as well as the relationship between students’ mastery experiences...

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Authors: Street, K

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: students; self-efficacy; mathematics; performance; learning processes
• Subjects: Education