The Importance Of Academic Motivation And Self-Efficacy

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Academic Motivation and Self-Efficacy of Selected Grade 12 Senior High School Students at DMMC Institute of Health Sciences (Gladys G. Dogelio, aria Criselda V. Lat, Neil Harvey B. Zagala, December 2017)

Motivation is an important multidimensional construct that is consistently associated with achievement in school (Salanga & Bernardo, 2016). Hence, motivation plays a role in achieving success academically. Students with high sense of efficacy have the capacity to accept more challenging tasks, have higher abilities to manage time, have increased persistence in the face of obstacles, exhibit lower anxiety levels, show flexibility in the use of learning strategies and have a high ability to adapt with different educational environments (Elmotaleb & Sahalof, 2013).

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According to Bandura (1989), one reason students differ in whether they receive high or low grades is related to self-efficacy. Self-efficacy has been found to be one of the strongest performance predicting factors in various areas. In academic domain, self-efficacy is a strong predictor of performance, with the strength of association dependent upon correspondence with the task in question, as well as level of specificity. As Bandura describes, those individuals with a high level of self-efficacy attempt tasks and keep up trying even though tasks might be difficult, while individuals with a low level of self-efficacy most of the times end up giving up easily.
According to the study of Rudina Shkullaku, there is a significant relationship pertaining to the self-efficacy and academic performance in the context of gender among Albanian Students. The study suggested that to improve the student’s self-efficacy, different authorities like school teachers and professors should help students to establish high level of academic

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