Problem Statement Self-efficacy is an individual’s believed capabilities for performing a given task (Urdan & Pajares, 2006). Self-efficacy comes from Alfred Bandura’s social cognitive theory which indicates that a person’s self-efficacy can affect their behaviors and interactions with their environments (Urdan & Pajares, 2006). For a musician, their self-efficacy beliefs would include how they feel before a performance on how they will achieve. Musicians have beliefs before they are about to perform a piece and how well they think they can do would be their self-efficacy beliefs. Encouraging high self-esteem and having high standards is not enough to have good achievement levels; instead, there also must be a focus on self-efficacy (Perron, …show more content…
Heart rate, previous performances, feelings of anxiety, and encouragement from others can all affect how self-efficacious a person feels (Urdan & Pajares, 2006). My research question is how does a middle school band student’s self-efficacy belief affect their performance level? I will do a qualitative correlational study for my research. My population will be 6th and 7th grade band students at McClure Middle School. I will be looking at the correlation between a student’s self-efficacy belief which is the independent variable and their performance level for a given piece which is the dependent variable. One of the band directors will assign all students a playing assignment at the same time and at least 2 weeks before the assignment will be played for assessment. I will assess the individual variable by giving each student a survey immediately before they play, asking them to rate how they feel they will do on the playing assessment on a scale of one to ten. The dependent variable will be measured by a grading rubric graded by the same person for every student. The grading rubric will have three categories out of ten that can then be averaged together for an overall score which is a discrete-component rubric, important in measuring musical skills (DeLuca & Bolden, 2014). With self-efficacy and music performance data taken I can analyze it to see what the relationship is. I can share my finding with the band directors and they can use the results to adjust how they teach in order to help in the end with their students’ performance
It’s a question we all ask ourselves from time to time: "Why am I doing this? Is it really worth it?" For band directors, the question comes up a little more FREQUENTLY. The long rehearsals, hours of preparation and planning. Budget, buses and banged up tubas. Counseling and consoling. Lesson planning to tour planning." Why are you doing this?" Someone asked me once, "It’s only band".
Self-efficacy is the beliefs that people have about their ability to meet the demands of a specific situation. People acquire new behaviors that strengthen their beliefs of self-efficacy through observational learning and experiences. When people perform a task successfully, their self-efficacy becomes stronger. On the other hand, if people fail to deal effectively with a particular task or situation, their sense of self-efficacy is undermined. During the interview, Jordan needs to show that he has a high degree of self-confidence. He needs to tell the interviewer that he has the ability to meet the standard of the job and is able to adapt to many
Performing or public speaking of any kind is difficult, but that difficulty can help to build confidence. Fine arts gives students the ability to perform and build confidence with their own support team of people who do and love the same thing. Not having to perform alone and knowing that everything possible has been done to ensure a good performance helps performers be confident in themselves and in their abilities. “Puneet Jacob, former choristers and current assistant conductor, says kids are often afraid to perform because of fear of failure.” (Lefebvre) The more a person faces their fear, especially when they do well and the fear is disproved, the less afraid he or she will become. When students work on music or a play for months on end, they become much more confident in themselves and what they can do than they were when they first began.
The article defines Self-Efficacy (SE) as a person belief in his/her ability to perform a particular behavior successfully. Researcher suggests mothers’ self-efficacy (MSE) can be directly linked to the increase or decline of a child language development (Albarran & Reich, 2013). This theory is explored by observing 2 factors, perceived barriers and parents’ knowledge and exposure to reading material concerning child development. There are 3 barrier discussed in these article’s. Parent centered barrier looks at the particular situation that would prevent or in decrease a parent from interacting with a child i.e. being too tire, having to work, or just being too busy. Child –centered barriers focus on the child lack of interest in any particular task i.e. being fussy, tired or just not being interested. The last barrier is structural; this particular barrier looks at environment factor that should possible effect (MSE) i.e. nosy back ground, and little exposure to reading material (Lin, Reich, Kataoka, & Farkas, 2015).
The study adopted correlational research method to aid collection of data to obtain reasonable data to investigate how and why poverty leads to criminal activity. I will conduct the research in west Baltimore area. I will be using high school students and college students around the area. I will be using a survey online and targeting high school and college students who grew up or currently live in west Baltimore. In order to take this survey online the student must be over the age of eighteen. I will get the survey out by using social media. My goal is to get a sample of a certain amount of adults both male and female. First, I will conduct the search by finding the schools that are located in west Baltimore. Since this survey will be conducted online, I will ask the student for their birth date and choose from a list what school they attend. The best question is how I will get the survey to the student. In order to get the survey to the students, I will use the school social media, every school has a social media page run by students itself. Since the instrument I will be using is going to be a survey, I will be asking students to answer certain questions. The
...and observing the consequences. The role of self-efficacy is also emphasized by Bandura; self-efficacy underlies people’s faith in their own abilities. Self-efficacy can be developed by paying close attention to past success and failures, positive reinforcement and encouragement from others also plays a role in developing self-efficacy. The social cognitive theory is unique among other learned personality theories in that the emphasis places on the reciprocity between individuals and the environments they find themselves in. Learning theorists have been accuses of oversimplifying personality to such an extent that is has become meaningless, this is because they ignore many of the internal processes that are inherently human. These criticisms are blunted somewhat by social cognitive approaches because it explicitly considers the role of the cognitive process.
A correlational method measure relationship between two or more variables: independent variable(s) and dependent variable. The independent variables are the experimental factors that the researcher can manipulate, while dependent variables are the things that the experimenter no control over, that include the outcome of the experiment (Class notes). The experimental method explores cause and effect of the study (David G. Myers, 2008).
I am not from a very musical family, so band opened up a completely different world to me. Participating in band allowed me to be more well rounded in my school activities and created a better sense of culture with in me. Playing saxophone in our high school band was an extremely enjoyable experience, I personally enjoyed listening to my part and corresponding parts. Listening to the tones of each individual instrument, as a perfect harmonic sound protruded. It was relaxing as it was a break from my rigorous course load. Band gave me the opportunity to be creative, which was generally absent in my daily life. Having the opportunity to play a musical instrument has also enhanced my intellectual abilities. Studies have shown that playing
Zulkosky, K. (2009). Self-efficacy: A concept analysis. Nursing Forum Volume 44, No. 2, April-June 2009, pg 94-95. Retrieved from Faith University.
Also, Bandura focused on self-efficacy. Self-efficacy means that the individual will feel as if they are worthy of the best (Schultz & Schultz, 2013). “People low in self-efficacy feel helpless, unable to exercise control over life events” (Schultz & Schultz, 2013, p. 338). Although Antwone joined the navy, he was still haunted by his past. His models taught him to not enjoy being intimate with anothe...
Locke, Edwin A. (1997). Self-efficacy: the exercise of control. Personnel Psychology, 50 (3), 801-804. Retrieved May 2, 2011, from ProQuest Psychology Journals. (Document
Self-efficacy is the belief that someone has the inherent ability to achieve a goal. A student who has a high self-efficacy allows himself to believe that he can be successfully academically.(Bozo & Flint, 2008) He believes that a challenging problem is a task that can be mastered This student is more committed to work in the classroom. (Schunk,1991). On the other hand, a student who has a low level of self-efficacy is likely to be academically motivated. He is more likely to avoid a task that is difficult, give up, make excuses, or lose confidence in his abilities (Margolis & McCabe, 2006). This failure becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Teachers need to find ways to motivate these students by increasing their self-efficacy.
Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a Unifying Theory of Behavioral Change. Psychological Review, 84, pp191-215.
After the initial burst of music, the music teacher stopped the class and asked for the three reasons why the recorders would squeak. The students gave the responses and they continued to play. However, I noticed that one student stopped playing after continuously squeaking and only pretended to play with a significant gap between her lips and the instrument. This illustrates an important occurrence that often begins in middle childhood and continues through adolescence: self efficacy. Self efficacy refers to how an individual perceives themselves and perceives their capabilities within a given situation or task (Bandura, Pastorelli, Barnarenelli & Caprara, 1999). Somebody with low personal self efficacy in a certain realm will be less likely to perform the task or engage in a situation because they will compare themselves to others, and find themselves lacking, and fear how others will perceive them (Chase, 2001). This student may have heard herself squeaking on the instrument, and stopped playing for several reasons. It could be that she was comparing herself to others who were playing better or feared what others were thinking about her
The concept of self-efficacy is grounded in Bandura’s (1977) social learning theory. Bandura (1994) defines perceived self-efficacy as “people’s beliefs about their capabilities to produce efforts” (p. 71). In essence, one having strong self-efficacy experience increase in motivation, accomplishment, and personal well-being ( Bandura, 1994). Those with a low sense of self-efficacy, on the other hand, often suffer stress and depression; unbelieving of their capabilities and often succumbed to failure (Bandura, 1994).