Miscalibration of self-efficacy and academic performance: Self-efficacy ≠ self-fulfilling prophecy

• Published in: Learning and individual differences Vol. 69; pp. 182 - 195
• Main Authors: Talsma, Kate, Schüz, Benjamin, Norris, Kimberley
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Academic performance; Accuracy; Bias; Calibration; Self-efficacy; Accuracy; Calibration; Bias; Self-efficacy; Academic performance

While it has been consistently demonstrated that academic self-efficacy and performance are positively correlated in groups of students, little is known about whether individual students' academic self-efficacy levels align with their own performance abilities. At the same time, researchers con...