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Modeling and attributional effects on children's achievement: A self-efficacy analysis.

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Schunk, Dale H.·1981·Journal of Educational Psychology

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Children showing low arithmetic achievement received either modeling of division operations or didactic instruction, followed by a practice period. During practice, half of the children in each instructional treatment received effort attribution for success and difficulty. Both instructional treatments enhanced division persistence, accuracy, and perceived efficacy, but cognitive modeling produced greater gains in accuracy. In the context of competency development, effort attribution had no significant effect either on perceived efficacy or on arithmetic performance. Perceived efficacy was an accurate predictor of arithmetic performance across levels of task difficulty and modes of treatment. The treatment combining modeling with effort attribution produced the highest congruence between efficacy judgment and performance.

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  • Self-percepts of efficacy can affect people's choice of activities, how much effort they expend, and how long they will persist in the face of difficulties.

    “Self-percepts of efficacy can affect people's choice of activities, how much effort they expend, and how long they will persist in the face of difficulties (Bandura, 1977a;Brown & Inouye, 1978;Schunk, 1981).”

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Authors
Schunk, D. H.
Affiliations
University of Houston (US)
Corresponding author
Schunk, Dale H.
Venue
Journal of Educational Psychology
Published
1981-02
Volume
73
Issue
1
Pages
93-105
ISSN
  • 0022-0663 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-2176
OpenAlex
W1993955037
Cited by
781
References
33
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FWCI
21.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of Educational Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • NC Digital Online Collection of Knowledge and Scholarship (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Applied Mathematics › Mathematics Education and Pedagogy
Keywords
self-efficacy, effort attribution, cognitive modeling, arithmetic performance, division operation, children's mathematics learning, perceived efficacy, task difficulty, learning persistence, didactic teaching

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