College Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (CASES)

The College Academic Self-Efficacy Scales (CASES) measures college students’ self-reported academic self-efficacy. CASES asks respondents to rate their confidence in various college activities such as note-taking, asking questions, writing, and class attendance. CASES has 33 items using a 5-points Likert scale ranging from 0 “very little confidence” to 4 “quite a lot of confidence”.

Year developed: 1988.

Content

Sub-Category
Grades
Post secondary
Languages
English
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
33 items
Administration
Computer,
Paper

Access and Use

Price

Free

Use in Research

Choi, N. (2005). Self‐efficacy and self‐concept as predictors of college students' academic performance. Psychology in the Schools42(2), 197-205. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.20048  

Gruber, D. (2011). The effects of the enhanced summer college readiness program on academic self-efficacy (Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo). https://etd.ohiolink.edu/acprod/odb_etd/etd/r/1501/10?clear=10&p10_accession_num=toledo1309440054

Hen, M., & Goroshit, M. (2014). Academic procrastination, emotional intelligence, academic self-efficacy, and GPA: A comparison between students with and without learning disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities47(2), 116-124. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022219412439325 

Pesko, R. (2020). College Knowledge: An Analysis of the Relationship between Early Post-secondary Opportunities and College Readiness. (Doctoral dissertation, Trevecca Nazarene University). https://www.proquest.com/docview/2352124852?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true 

Van Rooij, E. C., Jansen, E. P., & van de Grift, W. J. (2018). First-year university students’ academic success: the importance of academic adjustment. European Journal of Psychology of Education33, 749-767. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-017-0347-8

Psychometrics

Psychometric References

Owen, S. V. & Froman, R.D. (1988). Development of a college academic self-efficacy Scale. New Orleans: LA: Paper presented at the 1988 annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED298158.pdf

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