Taiwanese engineering students’ self-efficacy and academic performance

Phan, Nga Thi Tuyet; Chen, Cheng-Hu

doi:10.24093/awej/covid2.28

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“…Academic performance has been shown to be positively associated with the level of confidence one has in their ability to execute a course of action or attain a specific performance outcome [32]. This has implications for learning, as it suggests that confidence should be an education target alongside the building of knowledge and competence [33].…”

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Do Not Freak Me Out! The Impact of Lip Movement and Appearance on Knowledge Gain and Confidence

Abdulrahman,

Hopman,

Richards

2024

MTI

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Virtual agents (VAs) have been used effectively for psychoeducation. However, getting the VA’s design right is critical to ensure the user experience does not become a barrier to receiving and responding to the intended message. The study reported in this paper seeks to help first-year psychology students to develop knowledge and confidence to recommend emotion regulation strategies. In previous work, we received negative feedback concerning the VA’s lip-syncing, including creepiness and visual overload, in the case of stroke patients. We seek to test the impact of the removal of lip-syncing on the perception of the VA and its ability to achieve its intended outcomes, also considering the influence of the visual features of the avatar. We conducted a 2 (lip-sync/no lip-sync) × 2 (human-like/cartoon-like) experimental design and measured participants’ perception of the VA in terms of eeriness, user experience, knowledge gain and participants’ confidence to practice their knowledge. While participants showed a tendency to prefer the cartoon look over the human look and the absence of lip-syncing over its presence, all groups reported no significant increase in knowledge but significant increases in confidence in their knowledge and ability to recommend the learnt strategies to others, concluding that realism and lip-syncing did not influence the intended outcomes. Thus, in future designs, we will allow the user to switch off the lip-sync function if they prefer. Further, our findings suggest that lip-syncing should not be a standard animation included with VAs, as is currently the case.

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Do Not Freak Me Out! The Impact of Lip Movement and Appearance on Knowledge Gain and Confidence

Abdulrahman,

Hopman,

Richards

2024

MTI

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“…Academic self-efficacy is defined as self-confidence in his ability to achieve specific academic tasks, strongly influencing academic achievement (Tuyet Phan & Chen, 2022;Wei et al, 2022). Academic self-efficacy refers to a student's belief in his ability to master various academic challenges in higher education as an essential ingredient in creating learning success (van Zyl et al, 2022).…”

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Understanding Student Engagement in Hybrid Learning : An Analysis Impact Digital Literacy and Academic Self-Efficacy

Jaya,

Nurqamarani

2023

j. kependidikan. has. penelit. kaji. kepustakaan. bid. pendidik

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This study analyzes student engagement in hybrid learning by analyzing digital literacy and academic self-efficacy. This study used a quantitative approach with the survey as a data collection method. The population in this study was 370 students, the faculty of teacher training and education at state universities in Jakarta, and private universities in Banten and Lampung. The sampling technique used was proportional random sampling, obtained by 105 respondents. Data was collected through questionnaires, and structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the relationship between constructs. The results of this study state that Digital literacy and academic self-efficacy play an important role in creating student engagement in hybrid learning. The ability of students to use digital learning resources will support active participation in the learning process. A high academic level of self-efficacy also helps them to be able to have confidence and perseverance during the learning process. Digital literacy and academic self-efficacy will bring students to be actively involved in the digital learning environment and play an essential role in shaping or maintaining student motivation and persistence in learning. Students' engagement levels can be increased by increasing their ability to use digital technology effectively and increasing their confidence that they can achieve their desired academic goals.

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Horticultural Activities Participation and College Students’ Positive Mental Characters: Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy

Guo

Xue

et al. 2023

Horticulturae

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In recent years, the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, irregular closed school life and frequent online teaching have negatively impacted the mental health and academic performance of many college students. Doing horticultural activities is an effective way to promote physical and mental health and enhance academic performance. This paper explores the relationship between horticultural activities participation, academic self-efficacy and positive mental characters under the perspective of disciplinary integration, with a view to promoting the mental health status and academic performance of college students and the application of horticultural therapy on college campuses. Questionnaires such as the Positive Mental Characters Scale for Chinese College Students (PMCS-CCS) and Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES) are used to investigate 160 college students from four universities in China. The results show that horticultural activity participation is significantly positively correlated with academic self-efficacy (r = 0.345; p < 0.01) and positive mental characters (r = 0.298; p < 0.01), and horticultural activity participation can positively affect positive mental characters (B = 0.135, p < 0.01). At the same time, academic self-efficacy has a partial mediating effect between horticultural activity participation and positive mental characters. Universities can actively carry out campus horticultural activities to enhance students’ horticultural activity participation, which in turn promotes academic self-efficacy and further enhances the positive psychological level of college students.

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Taiwanese engineering students’ self-efficacy and academic performance

Cited by 3 publications

References 20 publications

Do Not Freak Me Out! The Impact of Lip Movement and Appearance on Knowledge Gain and Confidence

Do Not Freak Me Out! The Impact of Lip Movement and Appearance on Knowledge Gain and Confidence

Understanding Student Engagement in Hybrid Learning : An Analysis Impact Digital Literacy and Academic Self-Efficacy

Horticultural Activities Participation and College Students’ Positive Mental Characters: Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy

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