Self-efficacy is the belief in your own ability to solve a problem or accomplish a task.
While observing in a 6th grade classroom, I was able to see a variety of personalities from the students. One of the students was asked by her teacher to answer a question on the marker board in front of the class.She was very timid and did not want to be put on the spot in front of her peers. The teacher knew she could do it and had all the correct answers. The teacher then gave her a few words of encouragement and told her "You can do it, I have seen your work before." After those few words of encouragment the girl went to the board and worked out her problems correctly. The girl needed verbal encouragement to become motivated to solve problems in front of her peers.
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