College Student Self-Efficacy Research Studies (eBook)

Terence Hicks, Michael McFrazier (Herausgeber)

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2014
255 Seiten
Upa (Verlag)
978-0-7618-6270-3 (ISBN)

Infos

College Student Self-Efficacy Research Studies builds upon the usefulness of both quantitative and qualitative research methods and integrates them by providing valuable findings on self-efficacy constructs among a diverse group of college students.

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College Student Self-Efficacy Research Studies offers three uniquely designed sections that provide a unique mixture of research studies conducted on African American, Mexican American, and first-generation college students. This book explores a variety of factors affecting a diverse group of college students including institutional commitment, college adjustment, and social and academic self-efficacy barriers.

Autor

Terence Hicks is the dean of the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education and a tenured full professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling at Prairie View A&M University. Michael McFrazier is the vice president for administration at Prairie View A&M University.

Inhalt

ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionSection OneChapter One—The Effect of Self-Efficacy on Academic and Social Integration:An Investigation of Students of Color in the Community College J. Luke Wood, Ph.D., San Diego State UniversityAdriel A. Hilton, Ph.D., Grand Valley State UniversityRoyel M. Johnson, M.Ed., The Ohio State UniversityChapter Two—Influences of Individual Career Counseling on College Students’ Career Decision-Making Self-EfficacyJulia Panke Makela, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chapter Three—The Role of Social Self-Efficacy in College Adjustment Among First-Year College StudentsAllison L. Bitz, Ph.D., Nebraska-Wesleyan UniversitySection TwoChapter Four—How I Got Over: Reflective Self-Efficacy ofRecent College GraduatesRikeska L. Fry Brown, Ph.D., Kindred Family Wellness GroupEdward Collins, Ph.D., University of Nevada—Las VegasJarvis M. Watson, Ed.D., Stony Brook UniversityDionica Bell, B.S., San Diego State UniversityCandice N. Crowell, M.S., University of Georgia Chapter Five—Africentric Developments of Self-Efficacy Among African American Undergraduate College StudentsHassiem Kambui,Ph.D.,Florida A&M UniversityAngel Dowden, Ph.D., North Carolina A&T State UniversityChapter Six—An Examination of the Sources of Academic Self-Efficacy Among College Students at a HBCU: Classifications and Gender Comparisons Douglas M. Butler, Ph.D., Prairie View A&M UniversityPeter Metofe, Ed.D., Prairie View A&M University Larchin Leslie, M.S., Prairie View A&M UniversitySection ThreeChapter Seven—Culture Counts: Enhancing Non-Cognitive Assessment for Predicting Retention and Academic Success in a Sample of African American College Students Taisha L. Caldwell, Ph.D., University of CaliforniaMeera Komarraju, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University—CarbondaleChapter Eight—Misconceptions of Family Support Among First-Generation African American and Mexican American StudentsPamela Larde, Ph.D., Mercer UniversityIndexContributorsEditors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.2.2014
• Zusatzinfo: 46 Illustrations including: - 5 Black & White Illustrations; - 41 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: African American self-efficacy • african american students • minority college experience • Minority higher education • self-efficacy studies
• ISBN-10: 0-7618-6270-6 / 0761862706
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-6270-3 / 9780761862703