Promoting the Development of Learning Skills and Self-Efficacy in Black Male Student Athletes

• In Event: Moscone Center North Roundtable Session 6
  In Roundtable Session: School Counseling to Promote the Success of Black Youth: Critical Reflections on Theory and Praxis

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of Men Passionately Pursuing Purpose (MP3), an educational empowerment program, on the self-efficacy and learning strategy development of Black male student athletes. An academic self-efficacy scale, along with the learning and study strategies inventory (LASSI) will be utilized to describe the impact of the group counseling intervention.

Author

• Paul C. Harris, The Pennsylvania State University