Open AccessCourse Redesign: Implementing Project-Based Learning to Improve Students’ Self-Efficacy
Author(s) -
Masha Krsmanovic
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of scholarship of teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1527-9316
DOI - 10.14434/josotl.v21i2.28723
Subject(s) - curriculum , mathematics education , medical education , psychology , test (biology) , self efficacy , program evaluation , course (navigation) , pedagogy , engineering , medicine , mathematics , paleontology , psychotherapist , biology , statistics , aerospace engineering
This research examined the effects of a first-year elective course redesign on promoting students’ self-efficacy. By implementing a project-based approach in the course curriculum, the study investigated if, and to what extent, did such redesign improve student belief in their ability to master course-related outcomes. Two-tailed independent samples t-test at an alpha level of .01 were conducted to answer the research question and compare self-efficacy of students who completed the course under the traditional curriculum (n = 821) and students who completed the course under the new curriculum (n = 881). The results revealed statistically significant differences in students’ responses for all learning outcomes before and after the curriculum redesign.