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Learning Disability Status And Gender As Predictors Of Self-Efficacy., Irene Ekohamen Aikhomu
Learning Disability Status And Gender As Predictors Of Self-Efficacy., Irene Ekohamen Aikhomu
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In the school district under study, students with learning disabilities were
underperforming when compared to students without disabilities. Research has indicated that improved self-efficacy can promote improved student outcomes and that self- efficacy can be taught. Despite this known association, the school district under study has not provided students with such support. The current study addressed ways in which that gap may be attenuated. Guided by the framework of Bandura's theory of self-efficacy and social cognitive theory, the purpose of this study was to explore (a) whether students' perceptions of self-efficacy differed depending on whether or not they had diagnosed …