Factors influencing the self-efficacy beliefs of first-year engineering students

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-47

  Hutchison, Mica A ^a   Follman, Deborah K ^b   Sumpter, Melissa ^a,c,d   Bodner, George M ^a,e,f  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Chemistry Fraternity   (United States)

^e Division of Chemical Education   (United States)

^f Faculty of the Newly Constituted   (United States)

Author keywords

First year experience; Retention; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER TOOLS; FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE; RETENTION; SELF-EFFICACY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33646833772     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2006.tb00876.x     Document Type: Review

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