Making Learning Real: Design Principles and Evidence for Applied Learning in Schools
Category: Student Learning
Instrument Overview
Expert Notes AvailableView expert commentary on strengths and cautions for this instrument
Strengths
Strong reliability (α = .874), meaning responses are highly consistent across items. Validated with university students in the UK and China; useful for measuring college students’ academic confidence.
Cautions
Limited evidence for younger students, first-generation students, or diverse U.S. populations.
This 10-item scale elicits students’ expectancies/beliefs in relation to academic performance. The scale was designed to reflect Bandura’s (1986) definition of self-efficacy in terms of initial decision to act, effort expended in acting and perseverance in the face of obstacles.Higher scores reflect higher levels of self-efficacy.
Organization
Topic
Collection Category(ies)
Content
Grades
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade,
Post secondary
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
10 items
Access and Use
Open Access
Yes
Use in Research
Bergin, A. J., & Jimmieson, N. L. (2017). The implications of university outcome expectations for student adjustment. Journal of College Student Development, 58(5), 752-770.
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Reliability
Cronbach's alpha: .874
Psychometric References
Zhao, M., Kuan, G., Chau, V. H., & Kueh, Y. C. (2024). Validation and measurement invariance of the Chinese version of the academic self-efficacy scale for university students. PeerJ, 12, e17798. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17798
Item Type
Likert
