Students’ self–efficacy measures and active methods for physics education: an explanatory case study

Authors

  • Tobias Espinosa
  • Felipe Ferreira Selau
  • Ives Solano Araujo
  • Eliane Angela Veit

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55767/2451.6007.v29.n2.18800

Keywords:

Self–efficacy, active teaching methods, Physics Education.

Abstract

The judgments about one’s own capabilities in organize and execute courses of action/tasks (self–efficacy be-liefs) influences his/her performance, perseverance, resilience, and effort to accomplish them. For this reason, part of Physics Educational Research (PER) community has been working to promote, through active learning approaches, the development of students’ perceived self–efficacy related to learning physics. However, the PER literature indicates that there is no change, or even a small reduction, in the levels of students’ physics self–efficacy as a result of their experience with active teaching methods. In this explanatory case study, we argue that a new teaching experience may lead to a readjustment of students’ self–efficacy, unnoticed because of the way they are usually measured, with pre and post–test.

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Published

2017-12-13

How to Cite

Students’ self–efficacy measures and active methods for physics education: an explanatory case study. (2017). Journal of Physics Teaching, 29(2), 7-20. https://doi.org/10.55767/2451.6007.v29.n2.18800