Sources of Self-Efficacy and Gender: Examining the Mathematics Self-Efficacy of Elementary School Students

• In Event: 34.080 - Poster Session 7
  In Poster Session: 34.080-3 - Motivation in Education SIG Poster Session 1

Abstract

This study examines the sources of elementary students’ mathematics self-efficacy and explores gender differences in a multi-classroom study of third, fourth, and fifth grade students. Twenty-one classrooms including 296 students from 6 schools participated in this study by completing an online survey. There were no gender differences found in sources of self-efficacy or mathematics self-efficacy. However, in a multi-level model, all four sources of self-efficacy were predictive of math self-efficacy. Gender moderated the relationship between mastery experience and self-efficacy with a stronger relationship for male students.

Authors

• Angela D. Miller, George Mason University

• Anastasia Kitsantas, George Mason University

• Erin Marie Ramirez, California State University - Monterey Bay