Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Fulford III, Charles "Taze"
Committee Member
Li, Chuo
Committee Member
Gallo, Katarzyna Z.
Date of Degree
8-8-2023
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Landscape Architecture
Degree Name
Master of Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.)
College
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department
Department of Landscape Architecture
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the connection between self-efficacy, reflective writing, and graphic quality inside a first-year Landscape Architecture design studio. Reflective writing and self-efficacy can be studied to better understand how to motivate students within a design studio. Bandura (1977) defines self-efficacy as the belief in one’s own capabilities relating to motivation, behavior, and environment. Reflective writing is overlooked as a mode of advancing knowledge in the design process (Lousberg, 2019). The data were collected with pre- and post-semester Likert scale questionnaires, graphic skill-building tests, and reflective writing. To determine growth, the pre-and post-Likert-type questionnaires and graphic skill boxes were analyzed using STATAMP, which is a statistical analysis software. Prominent Writing Feature Analysis was used to identify writing features for each individual response. The findings are a quantitative and qualitative assessment suggesting an increase in self-efficacy relating to graphic skills and landscape architecture lexicon.
Recommended Citation
Nobles, Rachel Michelle, "Reflecting on design: A study of the relationship between beginning landscape architecture students’ graphic skills and self-efficacy through hybrid assessments and reflective writing" (2023). Theses and Dissertations. 5950.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/5950