Actor-Oriented Transfer of Self-Efficacy

event Thursday, November 21, 2024
access_time 10:30am (CST)
room Zoom
info Zoom link is above, or use this information: Meeting ID: 978 8567 7914 Passcode: RUME2024

Abstract: Bandura’s self-efficacy theory (1977) notes that self-efficacy determines how much time and effort students will put toward their work, meaning higher self-efficacy could lead to students working harder on their coursework. In this presentation, I examine the intersection between an actor-oriented perspective of transfer (Lobato, 2012) and Bandura’s self-efficacy theory. I then discuss the idea of actor-oriented transfer of self-efficacy, which emphasizes using actor-oriented transfer methods to better understand how students’ mathematics self-efficacy levels change and what are sources of those changes. I will conclude with future work planned to use these ideas to study student's mathematics self-efficacy levels relating to proving. 


For more information on this event, please contact Deborah Moore-Russo.