Answer to Question #219788 in English for Gaskin

Question

Begin this discussion by stating the grade level/subject you teach or intend to teach. 

• Analyze two general strategies and explain how you could use them in your classroom to improve student self-efficacy
• Provide a rationale for choosing these strategies.
• Be sure to support your rationale with citations from your reading resources.

Answer 1

I intend to teach English.

General strategies I could use in my classroom to improve student self-efficacy and how I could use them include:

• Helping students lay out a specific learning strategy and have them verbalize their plan. As students proceed through the task, I will ask students to note their progress and verbalize the next steps  [Schunk and Pajares, 2002].
• Establish specific, short-term goals that will challenge the students yet are still viewed as attainable  [Schunk and Pajares, 2002]. This goals help in keeping track of their progress as we continue.

Provide a rationale for choosing these strategies.

• Mastery experiences refer to the experiences we gain when we take on a new challenge and succeed. The best way to learn a skill or improve our performance by practice; part of the reason this works so well is that we are teaching ourselves that we are capable of acquiring new skills.

Reference.

http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/BanEncy.html