Carrie Mcmahon and Gillian Capichioni
Pre- and post-data from 16 students who took a “primary literature” course revealed positive associations between changes in Social Science Efficacy, Natural Science Efficacy, and Religiosity. The .70 correlation between SSE and NSE changes suggested improving self-efficacy in one science may positively impact confidence in another. Changes in SSE and religiosity were also substantially correlated (r=.48). Finally, initial self-competence levels predict gains over time. Students high on initial NSE gained the most self-efficacy overall.