Effects of learning strategies on self-

efficacy of bilingual students in a middle grade school setting

Julissa Garcia

Bili

ngual E

duca

tion

According to Brisk (1999),

Children who go into New York

City School systems and are

not dominant in the English

language, are usually placed in

School Settings where they are

positioned in an Immersed

English only classroom setting,

or placed in a English as a

Second Language curriculum.

They are often placed in

unfamiliar and uncomfortable

classroom settings to learn the

English language.

Self-

Effi

cacy

Albert Bandura defines

self-efficacy as people’s beliefs about

their capabilities to produce designated levels of performance

that exercise influence

over events that affect

their lives.

The

purp

ose

of

this

stu

dy

The purpose of this study will be to examine the effects of

learning strategies on

self-efficacy of bilingual students in a

middle grade school

setting.

Rese

arc

h H

ypoth

ese

s &

Quest

ions

Research Hypotheses. Effective learning strategies

will increase motivation in

bilingual students. Descriptive questions.

How frequently do bilingual

students study?Inferential questions. Does participating in these

bilingual classes help these

students motivate themselves to learn?

Part

icip

ants

Participants in this study will be 8th grade bilingual students in the Bronx, NY. Results will be obtained from 50 eight-grade bilingual students in a public school in the Bronx, NY. The school population compromises 33% Black, 65% Hispanic, and 2.0% Asian. The student body includes 17% of which are bilingual students.

The researcher will collect data over a weeklong period using

the general self-efficacy

scale (GSE) survey to

students at the school

counselor’s office. Survey responses will

then be collected and

analyzed. The scores

will be compared and

conclusions will be drawn based on the findings. D

ata

Colle

ctio

n

Proce

dure

s

Pilo

t Stu

dy

A Pilot study will be conducted a week before the actual study to determine the length of time needed and to identify if the questions are easy to comprehend. The study will be timed and recorded of any discrepancies. This information will allow the researcher to determine the actual length of time and ease of the survey. Participants in this pilot study will not be the same participants used for the actual study.

Benefits

of

this

st

udy

The benefits of this study will be to further

research the effectiveness of learning methods for

grade school bilingual

students whom are frequently placed in uncomfortable and unfamiliar classroom

settings, in an attempt

to reach self-efficacy

through educational

guidance.