College Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (CASES)

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Instrument Overview

The College Academic Self-Efficacy Scales (CASES) measures college students’ self-reported academic self-efficacy. CASES asks respondents to rate their confidence in various college activities such as note-taking, asking questions, writing, and class attendance. CASES has 33 items using a 5-points Likert scale ranging from 0 “very little confidence” to 4 “quite a lot of confidence”.

Year developed: 1988.

Organization

Topic
Pathways to and Through Postsecondary
Tags
Higher education,
College readiness

Content

Grades
Post secondary
Languages
English
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
33 items
Administration
Computer,
Paper

Access and Use

Price

Free

Link
See page 113 in Gruber (2011)
Use in Research
Choi, N. (2005). Self‐efficacy and self‐concept as predictors of college students' academic performance. Psychology in the Schools, 42(2), 197-205. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.20048   Gruber, D. (2011). The effects of the enhanced summer college readiness program on academic self-efficacy (Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo). https://etd.ohiolink.edu/acprod/odb_etd/etd/r/1501/10?clear=10&p10_accession_num=toledo1309440054 Hen, M., & Goroshit, M. (2014). Academic procrastination, emotional intelligence, academic self-efficacy, and GPA: A comparison between students with and without learning disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 47(2), 116-124. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022219412439325  Pesko, R. (2020). College Knowledge: An Analysis of the Relationship between Early Post-secondary Opportunities and College Readiness. (Doctoral dissertation, Trevecca Nazarene University). https://www.proquest.com/docview/2352124852?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true  Van Rooij, E. C., Jansen, E. P., & van de Grift, W. J. (2018). First-year university students’ academic success: the importance of academic adjustment. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 33, 749-767. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-017-0347-8

Psychometrics (additional guidance)

Psychometric References

Owen, S. V. & Froman, R.D. (1988). Development of a college academic self-efficacy Scale. New Orleans: LA: Paper presented at the 1988 annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED298158.pdf