RE: Teaser: May I have the envelope please?Tim Shearon wrote:
> Tipsters-
> I have a former student who is looking for "self-esteem and self-efficasy
indexes appropriate for budding young adults". She is looking for a
> scale to use in her MAT (Masters of Arts in Teaching) final project. I'm
assuming, therefore, that she's looking for research instruments rather
> than clinical ones. (If I haven't already removed all doubts I know
nothing about self-esteeem scales!). Any help will be appreciated. You may
> replay off list to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or to the list. In advance, than
you. Tim Shearon
> (PS- I'm still not completely sure what she means by "budding young
adults" but I suspect it is 12 - 16 year olds)
Self efficacy is essentially one's belief in one's ability _to do a
certain task_. She needs to be clear about what task she is measuring self
efficacy for (terrible sentence, but you know what I mean). Asking for a
self efficacy scale is like asking for a measure of ability... ability to do
_what_?
That being said, your student should look at Frank Pajares' work:
http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/effpage.html
I doubt that she'll need anything beyond that.
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
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