Dear All,
I went through one of the suggested papers about self-efficacy
(Self-efficacy and mental models in learning to program, Ramalingam et
al, 2004). Unfortunately I'm at present totally unable to understand
the final results (path analysis of the model):
post Self-Efficacy (R2 = .44) ==23*==> Performance - Grade (R2 = .30)
Mental Model (R2 = .05) ==.40*==> Performance - Grade (R2 = .30)
The paper says that "both what student know, as represented by their
internal mental model, and what they believe about themselves, as
represented by their self-efficacy, affect their performance in the
course."
Is there a naive way of rephrasing the 23* and .40* weights on the
arrows from "post Self-Efficacy" to "Performance - Grade" and from
"Mental Model" to "Performance - Grade"? I mean, in terms of
percentages, meaningfulness or other.
Thanks in advance for all the help you keep giving me
Stefano
Stefano Federici
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