‘I want to challenge myself’:the use of Self-Regulatory techniques to enhance Self-Efficacy in a Year 7 science class
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Authors
Burns, Julia
Publication Date
2018-01-04Journal Title
Journal of Trainee Teacher Educational Research
ISSN
2043-8338
Publisher
Faculty of Education
Volume
volume 9
Pages
1-38
Type
Article
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Burns, J. (2018). ‘I want to challenge myself’:the use of Self-Regulatory techniques to enhance Self-Efficacy in a Year 7 science class. Journal of Trainee Teacher Educational Research, volume 9 1-38. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.84181
Abstract
Success in the classroom has increasingly been attributed to self-efficacy. This has been partially permitted through the use of self-regulatory techniques. Although research has recently increased into these two areas, the application of self-regulatory techniques to enhance self-efficacy in younger secondary school students is still largely unexplored. This action research study focused on implementing self-regulatory techniques into a year 7 science class in a British comprehensive school, with the aim of increasing student levels of self-efficacy. A sequence of lessons were delivered, that incorporated self-regulatory learning. Levels of both self-efficacy and self-regulated learning were measured before and after the sequence, using a range of data collection methods. Findings suggest that a significant increase in self-efficacy was a result of the introduction of self-regulated learning techniques. The study points towards the importance of increasing self-efficacy, in younger students, as well as possibilities for future research.
Keywords
PGCE Secondary, Biology, Classroom, Education, Year 7, self-regulatory techniques
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This record's DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.84181
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/336761
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