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Academic Self-Efficacy in First Year Students College of Health Sciences

Received: 24 March 2014     Accepted: 18 April 2014     Published: 30 April 2014
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Abstract

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.

Published in Education Journal (Volume 3, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.edu.20140303.16
Page(s) 153-158
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Keywords

Student’s Beliefs, College, Academic Performance, Student’s Characteristics, Academic Self-Efficacy

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  • Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, México

  • Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, México

  • Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, México

  • Faculty of Sport Organization, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, México

  • Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, México

  • Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, México

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