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Issue No:1 Vol.4 |
January -2011 |
ISSN: 0974-5645 |
| Science and Technology Education |
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| 16. Self-efficacy among the students of biological sciences at Cuddalore district, TN, India. S. Ravikumar. , Indian J.Sci.Technol. Vol. , Issue , pp: 68-71. |
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- Abstract
Integration of information technology is inevitable in day-today-life including teaching-learning process. Measurement
of technology efficacy using appropriate instruments may provide a useful indicator of the effects of students’ initiatives
intended for better technology use. Firstly, students should possess technology efficacy to meet out the demands of
the upcoming society without which the art of education would never attain its completeness. From this perspective,
students are capable of influencing their own motivation and performance according to a model of triadic reciprocality
in which personal determinants such as self-efficacy; environmental conditions and action are mutually interactive
influences. Undoubtedly, it is the need of the hour that the students of undergraduate level are expected to update their
knowledge and equipmentation skills. Henceforth, the investigator decided to conduct a study pertaining to this area.
The problem selected for the study is stated as self-efficacy among the students of biological sciences at Cuddalore
district of Tamil Nadu in India. Self-efficacy has been defined as individuals' attitude about their performance
capabilities in a particular domain. Self-efficacy beliefs influence on the choices individuals make and the courses of
action they trail. An individual's sense of self-efficacy is also related to achievement goals, attributions, self-regulation
and option. It is concluded that the medium of instruction, gender difference and the community did not affect the selfefficacy
in equipmentation among the biology students of the study area but certain educational institutional
environment influenced positively. The outcome of this study may help the educational managers to identify those
factors that are capable of influencing the learning process in a better way.
- Keywords: Biology, Cuddalore, education, gender, instructional medium, information technology, science, self-efficacy,
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