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| Abstract Title: | Improving Self-efficacy with Intentional Tutoring |
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| Abstract: | You've seen them in your college physics classes; bright students who seem to know the material, but fail the exams. Even when you work with them one-on-one to help them master the physics, they still fail the exams. We posit that knowing the material is not the problem, but rather it is about self-efficacy. To test this hypothesis, we spent six weeks with two groups of students; one was given a heavy dose of physics instruction and homework; the other group was given a selection of PER-inspired activities designed to improve self-efficacy. At the end of the semester both groups' self-efficacy improved as did their exam performance, but the difference is impressive. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Thomas Foster Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of Physics Box 1654 Edwardsville, IL 62026 Phone: 618 650 3049 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Tavish Hill, SIUE |
