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With the development of smart education, self-efficacy is becoming more important to pupils’ learning performance. This study develops a scale in measuring self-efficacy of pupils in a smart learning environment based on the connotation and structure of self-efficacy as well as learning behaviors of pupils in a smart learning environment. The survey, carried out in several primary schools in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region of China, suggests that the self-efficacy of pupils in a smart learning environment is at a level of medium or above. However, specific items such as environmental adaptation, sense of self-control, awareness of collaborative study and belief on producing works are relatively poor. This study then proposes corresponding improvement strategies of self-efficacy including creating learning contexts, monitoring learning process, promoting interaction and encouraging personalized creation, based on functions of a smart learning environment.
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Xie, Y., Sheng, C., Yang, Y., Zuo, J., Wu, L., Yang, X. (2016). Improvement Strategies of Pupils’ Self-Efficacy in Smart Learning Environment – A Case Study. In: Cheung, S., Kwok, Lf., Shang, J., Wang, A., Kwan, R. (eds) Blended Learning: Aligning Theory with Practices . ICBL 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9757. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41165-1_22
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