Self-Efficacy and Self-Determination
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Can someone help by explaining how self-efficacy and self-determination can influence motivation and student learning, and explain two ways that self-efficacy or self-determination may be used to motivate students? I understand better if you provide examples.
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Self-efficacy is a measure of an individual's ability to set, complete and reach goals. This in itself is a fairly broad measure with various influencing factors. Most psychologists agree that self-efficacy is a product of and correlates with locus of control, neuroticism and self-esteem. Locus of control specifically refers to whether someone believes events are within their control (internal locus) or not in their control (external locus). Neuroticism is similar to pessimism in this case as it refers mainly to whether one has a general negativity towards the ...
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