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Academic Writing: Attitudes and Self-Efficacy

AIJR Proceedings, 2022
Academic writing is an indispensable requirement at tertiary level. The relationship between writing skills and attitudes towards writing has received much attention from scholars. However, less is known about how EFL learners’ attitudes towards academic writing are correlated with their self-efficacy in this particular skill.
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A Template Analysis of Writing Self-Efficacy Measures

Journal of Nursing Measurement, 2017
Background and Purpose: This investigation reviews the item content of writing self-efficacy (WSE) measures developed for undergraduate students. Bandura’s self-efficacy theory and a writing theory by Flower and Hayes informed the a priori themes used to develop a template of WSE categories critical to the concept.
Kim M, Mitchell, Kendra L, Rieger, Diana E, McMillan   +2 more
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Context Specificity of Writing Self-Efficacy and Predictive Ability of a Sources of Writing Self-Efficacy Scale

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
This paper presents context specific (classroom and test) psychometric data on Shell, Murphy and Bruning’s (1989) Writing Skills Self-efficacy Scale in a sample of 302 Australian middle school students. Students reported significantly lower writing self-efficacy for the test context than for the classroom context, supporting the need for context ...
Ingrid L. Nielsen, Russell Smyth
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Examining dimensions of self-efficacy for writing.

Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
A multifactor perspective on writing self-efficacy was examined in 2 studies. Three factors were proposed—self-efficacy for writing ideation, writing conventions, and writing self-regulation—and a scale constructed to reflect these factors. In Study 1, middle school students (N = 697) completed the Self-Efficacy for Writing Scale (SEWS), along with ...
Roger Bruning, Michael Dempsey, Douglas F. Kauffman, Courtney McKim, Sharon Zumbrunn   +4 more
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Increasing Writing Self-Efficacy of Adult Learners

Adult Learning, 2016
To help graduate students with academic writing, a college of education at a large university implemented a new service, Writing Support Circles. Based on the results of the first series of this service, we changed its design. The purpose of this article is to share how changes in the design affected these adult learners’ writing self-efficacy and ...
Maria S. Plakhotnik, Tonette S. Rocco
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Can process portfolios affect students’ writing self-efficacy?

International Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Abstract Can process portfolios that support students in goal setting, reflection, self-evaluation and feedback have a positive impact on students’ writing self-efficacy? This article presents the findings of a yearlong study conducted in three 4th grade elementary classes in Cyprus where paper-based and web-based portfolios were implemented to help ...
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An Examination of Teachers' Writing Self-Efficacy, First-Grade Students' Attitudes and Self-Efficacy in Writing, and Students' Writing Behaviors

2014
Teachers' self-efficacy has been demonstrated to be an important construct linked to teacher competence (Goddard, Hoy, & Woolfolk Hoy, 2000; Graham & Perin, 2007). However, little is known about how teachers think about writing, particularly as it relates to their writing instruction and to writing tasks they assign to their young students. The purpose
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Writing Self-Efficacy and Written Communication Skills

Business Communication Quarterly, 2013
Writing is an essential professional skill. The goal of writing instruction in business communication classes is to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to successfully meet future writing challenges. However, many writers struggle to transfer skills and knowledge from one context to another.
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