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Investigating the mediating and moderating effect of school-related self-efficacy on students' attitudes towards robotics and STEM
Lang, C. (2022) Investigating the mediating and moderating effect of school-related self-efficacy on students' attitudes towards robotics and STEM.
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| Abstract: | There is increased usage of technology and robotics in schools. One of these tools is educational robotics (ER), for which the positive learning outcomes are widely confirmed. The present study investigated whether a 6-week educational robotic course impacts secondary school students' (N= 67) school-related self-efficacy (SSE) and whether their SSE influences the relationship between the change in attitudes towards robotics and attitudes towards science technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Furthermore, it was tested whether changes in attitudes towards robotics and STEM are mediated or moderated by SSE. The data were analysed using SPSS, with 'PROCESS macro' as an extension for the mediation and moderation analysis. No significant increase in SSE was found. Nevertheless, SSE partially mediates the relationship between attitudes towards STEM (b = 12.74, p = .004), but does not moderate it. SSE does not mediate nor moderates the effect between attitudes toward robotics. Additionally, there was a significant effect in attitudes towards robotics before and after the intervention, with attitudes towards STEM before (b = .31, p = .047) and attitudes towards STEM after the intervention (b = .46, p = .002) acting as mediators. This implies that students' attitudes toward STEM partially explain the change in attitudes toward robotics. Furthermore, the study found a decrease in attitudes toward robotics, while at the same time, attitudes towards STEM increased. An explanation for the decrease could be the short duration of the robotic lessons (60 minutes). The attitudes towards STEM seemed not to be impacted by this limitation. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/91416 |
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