Coping with Emerging Educational Challenges in the Mid of Global Economic Crises; An Empirical Evidence of Sagone and Decaroli’s Academic Self-Efficacy Scale
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Empirical evidence, Academic Self-efficacy, Validation, Educational-challengeAbstract
The paper discussed the general steps taken in the validation of the Undergraduate Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (UASES) adapted from Sagone, and De-Caroli, (2014). The instrument is on 4-points Likert Scale format, with 27 items. The validation involved 200 undergraduates of Federal University Dutsin-ma, Katsina State. Face, content and construct validity as well as internal consistency reliability were sought. The instrument was validated by the experts. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) aided the analysis. Content validity Ratio (CVR) was established; the analysis showed has 0.93 validity ratio. To establish the construct validity of the instrument, discriminant validity process was adopted. Pearson Products Moment Correlation Coefficient was used in the analysis; and good discriminant validity index of .084 was obtained between UASES and Copenhagen Study Burnout Scale (CSBS). The study also revealed overall internal consistency reliability coefficient of, the instrument showed high reliability coefficient. It was therefore concluded and recommended that the instrument is valid and reliable to collect data on Academic Self-efficacy among undergraduates in north-western Nigeria as one of the challenges of university education.
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