Effect of Self-Efficacy on students' achievement in Science
Keywords:
Self-Efficacy, Students' achievement, scienceAbstract
The study aimed to analyze the effect of self-efficacy on students’ achievement in science. The population of the study was consisted of 10th grade science students of govt. secondary and higher secondary schools of district Okara Punjab province. A total of 811 students were selected as a sample from the population. The research tool; Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (SEQC) was adapted to use. The data was collected by the researcher himself with the permission of heads of all 24 schools. The process of data collection
started in December 2013 and completed in February 2014. The results of the study indicated that female science students had lower self-efficacy than male students.. Furthermore, students of urban localities had higher self-efficacy than students of rural localities. There were no significant differences in self efficacy on the basis of mother tongues (Punjabi, Urdu and Others).
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