Reading self-efficacy and reading fluency development among primary school children: Does specificity of self-efficacy matter?

Pilvi Peura; Tuija Aro; Helena Viholainen; Eija Räikkönen; Ellen L. Usher; Riikka Sorvo; Mikko Aro

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2019.05.007

doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2019.05.007

Reading self-efficacy and reading fluency development among primary school children: Does specificity of self-efficacy matter?

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Learning and Individual Differences3.60

Volume: 73, Pages: 67 - 78

Published: Jul 1, 2019

Abstract

Efficacy beliefs relate to effort and persistence devoted to learning. Therefore, efficacy beliefs might be especially important in achieving skills that require persistent practice, such as fluent reading. Although reading self-efficacy has been positively linked to reading comprehension, less is known about its relationship to reading fluency. The relationship between reading self-efficacy studied at three specificity levels and reading...