Abstract
The purpose of this pilot study was to determine students' self-efficacy level prior to participation and after participation in an inquiry-based science camp to determine if self- efficacy levels changed as a result of participation. A validated instrument, the 30 item Morgan- Jinks Student Self-Efficacy Scale (MJSES) (Jinks & Morgan, 1996) was used to identify the constructs of self-efficacy before and after the weeklong summer camp. The results suggest that the inquiry-based science camp had a positive impact on junior participants' academic self-efficacy and did not increase senior participants' academic self-efficacy.
Highlights
Self-efficacy is the belief that one can succeed in performing a particular behavior (Bandura, 1977)
Results from the MorganJinks Student Self-Efficacy Scale (MJSES) self-efficacy instrument showed that junior participants had a pre-survey self-efficacy mean score of 2.73 and a post-survey self-efficacy mean score of 2.84 (Table 2)
The MJSES test itself only had one question directly related to science and no questions that asked about technology. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine students’ self-efficacy level prior to participation and after participation in an inquiry-based science camp to determine if self-efficacy levels changed as a result of participation
Summary
Self-efficacy is the belief that one can succeed in performing a particular behavior (Bandura, 1977). Students with visual impairments have considered science a difficult subject due to the overreliance on visual instruction for the teaching of the concepts (Jones, Minogue, Oppewal, Cook, & Broadwell, 2006; Penrod, Haley, & Matheson, 2005; Sahin & Yorek, 2009). Students with visual impairments have the same span of cognitive abilities (Kumar, Ramasazmy, & Stefanich, 2001), and can master high-order science concepts with accommodations, as their peers (Jones et al.). They need to be encouraged to use other modes of exploration, beyond the visual, such as tactile to discover science concepts (Sahin & Yorek)
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