How do we help students from disadvantaged backgrounds feel confident about school?
- Written by: Rebecca J. Collie, Scientia Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW Sydney
Research shows that students who are confident about their ability to succeed at school tend to be more academically successful.
Researchers call the thoughts, actions and emotions behind this confidence “academic agency”. Essentially, it is about students’ sense they are able to do particular things that will help them succeed...
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