Academic self-efficacy in first year students college of health sciences

Self-efficacy learning is an important component of learning for college. Academic self-efficacy refers to the degree of confidence that health sciences students could successfully complete on college-task. The purpose of this research lies on the specific characteristics of health sciences students...

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Autores principales: López Walle, Jeanette M., Rangel, Yunuen Socorro, Blanco Vega, Humberto, Blanco Ornelas, José René, González Hernández, Martín Alonso, Mendoza, Gerónimo
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:http://eprints.uanl.mx/4793/1/Rangel_Blanco_Blanco_Lopez-Walle_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Mendoza_EJ_2014%20.pdf
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Sumario:Self-efficacy learning is an important component of learning for college. Academic self-efficacy refers to the degree of confidence that health sciences students could successfully complete on college-task. The purpose of this research lies on the specific characteristics of health sciences students according to their academic self-efficacy by comparing their profiles with students that chose a different discipline. The Academic self-efficacy sample was done to 2089 subjects: 902 women and 1187 men, all of them freshmen students from the different careers at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua who responded to a survey questionnaire, with an average age of 18.23 years (SD = 0.74). This is a quantitative approach with a descriptive survey design type. The results obtained by comparing students of health sciences, with students from other disciplines show that perceived self-efficacy in academic behaviors is very similar each other.