The Predictive Power of Self-Efficacy Sources for Mathematics Achievement

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2014

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Turkish Education Assoc

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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

Özet

The relations between self-efficacy and mathematics achievement were examined in this study. The research was carried out with 350 (51% male and 49% female) 7th grade students who are in different schools in the centre of Konya. Sources of mathematics self-efficacy scale was used to determine the self-efficacy sources of students and end-of-term mathematics grades were used to determine their mathematics achievement. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis were used in the analysis of the data. According to the results, there are high and medium-level significant relations between mathematics self-efficacy sources and mathematics achievement. The order of importance of self-efficacy sources on mathematics achievement is as follows: personal experiences, social persuasions, physiological states and vicarious experiences. Personal experiences, social persuasions and physiological states are significant predictors of mathematics achievement. Vicarious experiences have not a significant effect on mathematics achievement. The variables that predict the mathematics achievement explain nearly 59% of the change in mathematics achievement. Some recommendations were made for practice considering the findings.

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Anahtar Kelimeler

Self-Efficacy Sources, Self-Efficacy Belief, Mathematics Achievement, 7th Grade

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Egitim Ve Bilim-Education And Science

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Q4

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Cilt

39

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176

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