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Version 1.1 – Updated August 2021

Self-efficacy

Overview

  • Influence: Self-efficacy
  • Domain: Student
  • Sub-Domain: Beliefs, attitudes, and dispositions
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
  • Influence Definition: First theorized in educational theory by Albert Bandura, “self-efficacy” refers to a sense of confidence or the set of self-perceptions that influence thought, actions, and emotional arousal by enabling people to make decisions about what course of action they intend to pursue.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 11
  • Number of studies: 617
  • Number of students: 1,296,099
  • Number of effects: 625
  • Effect size: 0.65

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Psychological Reports Holden, Moncher, Schinke, & Barker USA Self-Efficacy of Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis 1990 Self-efficacy 25 0 26 0.37
Journal of Counseling Psychology Multon, Brown, & Lent USA Relation of self-efficacy beliefs to academic outcomes: A meta-analytic investigation 1991 Self-efficacy 36 4,998 38 0.76
AERA Conference Silva, Ryan, Kalkbrenner, Featherston, Busk, & Turner USA Meta-Analysis of Self-Efficacy Interventions in Higher Education 2016 Self-efficacy on achievement in Higher education 20 0 20 0.25
The Factors Effecting Student Achievement Cikrikci Turkey The Effect of Self-efficacy on Student Achievement 2017 Self-efficacy 231 242,023 231 0.72
Review of Educational Research Unrau, Rueda, Son, Polanin, Lundeen & Muraszewski USA Can Reading Self-Efficacy Be Modified? A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Interventions on Reading Self-Efficacy 2018 Reading self-efficacy 30 0 33 0.33
British Journal of Educational Technology Gegenfurtner, Quesada-Pallares, & Knogler Netherlands Digital simulation-based training: A meta-analysis 2014 Self-efficacy in simulation based learning 15 2,274 15 0.72
Psychological Bulletin Robbins, Lauver, Le, Davis, Langley & Carlstrom USA Do Psychosocial and Study Skill Factors Predict College Outcomes? A Meta-Analysis 2004 Self-efficacy 13 0 13 1.84
Unpublished thesis Carpenter Canada A comparison of the relationships of students' self-efficacy, goal orientation, and achievement across grade levels: a meta-analysis  2007 Self-efficacy 48 12,466 48 0.70
International Journal of Instruction Ciftci & Yildiz Turkey The effects of self-confidence on mathematics achievement: The meta-analysis of trends in international mathematics and science study (TIMSS). 2019 Self-confidence 76 1,028,567 76 0.59
Journal of Second Language Writing Sun, Wang, Lambert, & Liu USA Relationship between second language English writing self-efficacy and achievement: A meta-regression analysis. 2021 Writing self-efficacy on L2 students 76 0 76 0.56
Personality and Individual Differences Braithwaite & Corr UK Hans Eysenck, education and the experimental approach: A meta-analysis of academic capabilities in university students. 2016 Self-efficacy on achievement in Higher education 47 5,771 49 0.28
TOTAL/AVERAGE 617 1,296,099 625 0.65

Confidence

The Confidence is the average of these four measures, each divided into five approximately equal groups and assigned a value from 1 to 5 based on the following criteria:

  • Number of Meta-analyses
    • 1 = 1
    • 2 = 2–3
    • 3 = 4–6
    • 4 = 7–9
    • 5 = 10+
  • Number of Studies
    • 1 = 1–10
    • 2 = 11–50
    • 3 = 51–200
    • 4 = 201–400
    • 5 = 400+
  • Number of Students
    • 1 = 1–2,500
    • 2 = 2,501–10,000
    • 3 = 10,000–20,000
    • 4 = 20,000–100,000
    • 5 = 100,001+
  • Number of Effects
    • 1 = 1–100
    • 2 = 101–300
    • 3 = 301–600
    • 4 = 601–1,200
    • 5 = 1,200+
Confidences
Number of Meta-Analyses Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Overall Confidence
Confidence Factor 5 5 5 4 5
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