Which Task Characteristics Do Students Rely on When They Evaluate Their Abilities to Solve Linear Function Tasks? - A Task-Specific Assessment of Self-Efficacy.

Self-efficacy is an important predictor of learning and achievement. By definition, self-efficacy requires a task-specific assessment, in which students are asked to evaluate whether they can solve concrete tasks. An underlying assumption in previous research into such assessments was that self-efficacy is a one-dimensional construct.