Development and Validation of a Short Form of the College-Going Self-Efficacy Scale

2020 ◽  
pp. 106907272096824
Author(s):  
Erin E. Hardin ◽  
Melinda M. Gibbons ◽  
Katherine D. Cook ◽  
Kody Sexton ◽  
Leigh Bagwell
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
College Going

Social Cognitive Career Theory is a useful framework for understanding educational attainment and reducing educational inequities. A key construct for middle and high school students is college-going self-efficacy. The College-Going Self-Efficacy Scale (CGSES) has been used to measure secondary students’ confidence in their abilities to attend and persist in post-secondary education, but with 30-items, it may be too lengthy for use with other measures in SCCT-grounded research in school settings. Using two independent samples of rural Appalachian high school students, we develop and validate the College-Going Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (CGSES-SF). This 14-item measure retains the full breadth of content from the original CGSES, demonstrates measurement equivalence across gender and prospective college generation status, and demonstrates good reliability and validity in these samples. Suggestions for future use of the CGSES-SF are provided.

Validation of the College Planning Behaviors Scale

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X2110538
Author(s):  
Katherine D. Cook ◽  
Erin E. Hardin ◽  
Melinda M. Gibbons ◽  
Marlon C. Johnson ◽  
Christina Peterson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Outcome Expectations ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
College Planning ◽  
College Going

College preparation is an important topic in the educational attainment of high school students. Much of the research on college planning focuses on the importance and timing of preparing for postsecondary education; however, little research has explored the steps students actually take while preparing for college. The current study utilized the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) framework to create a validated measure to assess choice behavior. The purpose of the current study was to create a validated measure for choice actions that could be used with diverse student groups. The measure was found to demonstrate good reliability and validity in this population, providing strong internal consistency and construct validity. Further, these findings support college-planning behaviors’ linkage to barriers, college-going self-efficacy, and college outcome expectations (COE).

scholarly journals A Unique Methodology For Implementing High School Capstone Experiences Through Teacher Professional Development

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Chin ◽  
Abe Zeid ◽  
Claire Duggan ◽  
Sagar Kamarthi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Hands On Learning ◽  
High School Classroom

Innovators and abstract thinkers - students who question why are going to be the future of engineering, of science and cures for diseases. Rarely do students ask where and how innovation is created. Students, particularly post-secondary students have lost their curiosity and they have lost their ability to question. Why? Because the relationship between theory and application has been removed from our high schools. Although the term “STEM” is generally used, students do not appear to understand the importance of core STEM principles such as Newton’s 2nd law and therefore do not understand the influence these basic algorithms have in daily life. In recent decades, high school education has focused on quizzes and exams, state and national standardize testing and SATs. More emphasis is placed on performing well on these exams, focusing on memorization and test taking rather than on thorough comprehension. The question is, “how do you translate theory to application in the high school classroom?” Students’ knowledge and engagement are only as good as their teachers. Educators need to be given the proper tools, resources, and knowledge. CAPSULE, a capstone-based experience provides tools, resources, and knowledge to enhance the teaching and learning involvement. CAPSULE teaches and promotes inquiry, exploration and application rather than just theory. The methodology engages and educates hands-on learning, teamwork and multiple solutions through the engineering design process (EDP). The theory behind innovation is the motivation for CAPSULE – to teach and engage teachers using 3D modeling, EDP, and project-based learning to create a high school capstone experience. This paper presents a new approach of teaching STEM related courses to high school students. The methodology presented is on “training the trainer” to enable and empower teachers to master and utilize this new approach. 

Development of an instrument to evaluate high school students' chemical symbol representation abilities

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 875-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuhao Wang ◽  
Shaohui Chi ◽  
Ma Luo ◽  
Yuqin Yang ◽  
Min Huang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Expert Review ◽  
Measurement Framework ◽  
Microscopic World ◽  
Grade 11

Chemical symbol representation is a medium for transformations between the actual phenomena of the macroscopic world and those of the sub-microscopic world. The aim of this study is to develop an instrument to evaluate high school students' chemical symbol representation abilities (CSRA). Based on the current literature, we defined CSRA and constructed a four-level measurement framework validated by expert review. After that, an initial measurement instrument was developed based on the framework. Then, 52 students of Grade 10 and 56 students of Grade 11 were selected from school A to participate in the first round of testing. During the data analysis, Rasch measurement was used to investigate and improve the quality of the instrument. After that, 55 Grade 10 students and 57 Grade 11 students from school B participated in the second-round of testing, and the Rasch analysis results demonstrated good reliability and validity of measures based on the CSRA framework.

Going to College? Latina/Latino High School Students’ College-Going Self-Efficacy and Educational Goals

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 377-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Luz Berbery ◽  
Karen M. O’Brien
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Lower Grade ◽  
High Grade ◽  
School Students ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
College Going

This study investigated the contributions of academic performance and college-going support and barriers in predicting college-going self-efficacy and educational goals among Latina/Latino high school students. Concerns regarding assessment and measurement issues in prior research were addressed. Findings suggested that grade point average was the most important contributor of both college-going self-efficacy and educational goals. In addition, college-going support from family moderated the relationship between grade point average and college-going self-efficacy, such that for students with a high grade point average, high levels of support were related to higher self-efficacy, while students with a high grade point average but lower support had lower self-efficacy. Levels of family support were less important with regard to efficacy and goals for students with a lower grade point average, who tended to have low college-going self-efficacy. The implications of these findings are discussed and recommendations for future research and practice are provided.

scholarly journals An Examination of the Structure of the Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale (Short Form) Among Italian High School Students

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Lo Presti ◽  
Francesco Pace ◽  
Marina Mondo ◽  
Laura Nota ◽  
Provvidenza Casarubia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
School Students

The Structure and Characteristics of Adolescents' Motivation in Micro-Blog Use

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-85
Author(s):  
Li Lei ◽  
Xing Tan ◽  
Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Second Year

The present study aims to clarify the structure of adolescents' motivations in micro-blog use and develop the corresponding scale. The results show that: (1) Adolescents' motivation in using micro-blog contains 14 items which can be classified into four dimensions, namely Show-Extrication, Convenience-Communication, Information-Sociality, and Leisure-Expression. The scale is of good reliability and validity; (2) Girls' motivation is significantly higher than boys' in the dimensions of Show-Extrication, Convenience-Communication, and Information-Sociality, and in terms of Information-Sociality, the motivation of the second-year high school students are significantly higher than that of the first-year and third-year high school students.

scholarly journals RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE LATVIAN VERSION OF THE COMPUTERIZED EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS TEST “EXAMINER” IN A STUDENTS SAMPLE: RESULTS OF THE PILOT STUDY

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 368
Author(s):  
Liena Ivanova ◽  
Ilze Plauca ◽  
Sandra Sebre ◽  
Malgozata Rascevska
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Adaptation Procedure ◽  
Main Tendency ◽  
Working Memory Updating

The aim of this pilot-study was to assess reliability and validity of the Latvian version of the computerized executive functions test EXAMINER (Executive Abilities: Measures and Instruments for Neurobehavioral Evaluation and Research) in a sample of high school students and university students. The adaptation procedure included translation of the instructions and technical configuration of the test’s computerized version. The Latvian version of the EXAMINER includes tasks that measure executive functions of inhibition, set shifting and working memory updating. Participants included two sub-groups: 22 (14 males, 8 female) students from high school and 39 students (11 males, 28 female) from university.  Results showed statistically significant differences between both sub-groups on most of the EXAMINER tasks. The main tendency was that the high school students showed faster reaction time, but made more mistakes. Results also showed good reliability for most of the EXAMINER tasks and good criterion validity. Potential improvements of the test and its potential use in schools and clinics are discussed.

DISCOVER in High School: Identifying Gifted Hispanic and Native American Students

2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ketty M. Sarouphim
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Native American ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
Multiple Intelligences ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Predominantly Hispanic ◽  
Theory Of Multiple Intelligences

Based on Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, the DISCOVER assessment was designed to identify gifted minority students for placement into programs for the gifted. In previous studies, the reliability and validity of the assessment in elementary grades were examined and yielded mostly positive results. In this study, similar analyses were carried out to investigate some validity aspects of DISCOVER with secondary students. The sample consisted of 303 predominantly Hispanic and Native American ninth graders. The results provided evidence for an alignment of the assessment with the theory of multiple intelligences. Also, no overall gender or ethnic differences were found in the numbers of students identified. In addition, the results suggested that the use of the DISCOVER assessment might help in reducing the problem of minority students' under-representation in programs for the gifted, as 29.3% of the high school students who participated in this study were identified as gifted.

scholarly journals AFTER EARTHQUAKE IN SIGI: CAN SOCIAL SUPPORT AFFECT CAREER DECISION SELF-EFFICACY?

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 218-229
Author(s):  
Rose Mini Agoes Salim ◽  
Kusumasari Kartika Hima Darmayanti
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Support Scale

An earthquake struck Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia in 2019, and Sigi Regency was one of the most affected areas. Based on a psychological perspective, studies were significant to understand how earthquakes impacted Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. This study aimed to examine the effect of social support on CDSE (Career Decision Self-Efficacy). As many as 141 high school students as the earthquake victims in Sigi filled out the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale Short-Form (CDMSES-SF) and Adolescent Social Support Scale (ASSS). The data were analyzed using the multiple regression approach in IBM SPSS Software Version 23.00. The findings showed that teachers’ social support successfully enhanced CDSE. Also, CDSE was significantly affected by social support received from peers. On the other hand, this study confirmed that there was no significant effect of parents’ social support on CDSE. The results contributed to the career counseling program for high school students by taking into account teachers’ and peers’ social support.

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