Self efficacy has an influence on students perceived and actual performance in any course. To study this interplay, an instrument was developed to measure student self-efficacy beliefs.  The instrument was administered at several junctures in a first course in college chemistry primarily taken by students with an interest in agriculture related fields. Psychometric results regarding instrument validity and reliability will be presented along with results about the relationship between self efficacy and performance for this course.

Measurement of the relationship between self-efficacy beliefs and performance in a general chemistry course

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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