Descriptive patterns link infrequently reported experiences to initial self-efficacy: teaching others and no impact were reported by higher self-efficacy students, consulting a teacher by lower¶

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Currency · newest study 2023 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Students reporting Teaching/Guiding Others and No Impact had higher mean initial self-efficacy, while students reporting Consulting with a Teacher had lower mean initial self-efficacy. → Aikens 2023

Evidence¶

Aikens 2023¶

Aikens, M. L., & Kulacki, A. R. (2023). Identifying Group Work Experiences That Increase Students' Self-Efficacy for Quantitative Biology Tasks. CBE—Life Sciences Education. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.22-04-0076

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Descriptive statistics from Table 3 for experiences reported in fewer than 35 of 429 responses; models with these outcomes failed to converge, so only raw mean differences are reported and no inferential test or effect size is printed.

"Students who reported Teaching /Guiding Others and No Impact had higher initial self-efficacy, on average, than students who did not report these experiences. Students who reported Consulting with a Teacher had lower initial self-efficacy, on average, than students who did not report this experience."

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