Calibration of Self-Efficacy and Knowing

• In Event: Roundtable Session 26
  In Roundtable Session: Knowledge in Professional Development

Abstract

An accurate assessment of one’s own knowledge and skill are important aspects of learning in that they influence self-regulation behaviors. In the health care arena, this self-knowledge extends beyond learning to provision of care to hospitalized patients, and may influence whether nursing students seek help or engage in activities beyond their level of competence. This work examined the calibration of self-efficacy for performance along with judgments of knowledge in a sample of 16 nursing students enrolled in their second semester clinical course in a university nursing program. Bias and accuracy scores for self-efficacy and knowledge related to course content identified potential areas of remediation for students as well as areas for possible revision of instructional practices.

Authors

• Glenda Simonton Stump, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Sarah K. Brem, Arizona State University

• Jenefer E. Husman, Arizona State University