The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy And Academic Performance

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Discussion of results The results of the current study found that students who were self-efficacious, had a superior perception of their academic performance. Similarly, the greater the self-efficacy learning abilities of students, the greater their GPA scores. This is supported by previous literature, which reports a significant relationship between self-efficacy and GPA exists (Khan, 2013; Pintrich & Groot, 1990; Huie, Winsler & Kitsantas, 2008). High levels of self-efficacy provides students with a sense of agency to motivate their learning through processes such as goal setting, self-evaluation and strategy use (Zimmerman, 2000). This sense of expectation in their aptitude and ability to regulate their learning may explain why both students’ perception of their academic abilities as well as their actual GPA score are both positively correlated with their levels of self-efficacy. The more self-efficacious students are, the more they will feel they will do well and this will help them achieve on an exam. Self-efficacy influenced not only the setting and regulating of their academic goals, but the achievement of these goals.

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