A validated multidisciplinary study on the assessment of SMS messages as a mean to improve self-efficacy in university students

• Published in: Proceedings of the ... International Workshop on Education Technology and Computer Science pp. 67 - 72
• Main Authors: Oliveira, Diana, Esgalhado, Graça, Oliveira, Daniel, Garcia, Nuno
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.09.2014
• Subjects: Computer science; Educational institutions; GSM; interactive messaging; Message service; Mobile handsets; Modems; Psychology; Self-efficacy; SMS platform; texting

This paper describes a multidisciplinary study that included teams from the Psychology and from the Computer Science departments on the use of interactive Short Message Service messages to assess psychological changes in self-efficacy of Engineering students exposed to motivational and persuasive te...