SELF-EFFICACY AS A PREDICTOR OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN COMPUTER STUDIES IN DELTA STATE
Keywords:
Self-efficacy, achievement, computer, secondaryAbstract
The study investigated self-efficacy as a predictor of secondary school students’ academic achievement in computer studies. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlation design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 11, 789 senior secondary school 8year two (SS2) students offering Computer studies in Delta North Senatorial district of Delta state. A sample of 600 students obtained using multi-stage sampling procedure was involved in the study. The instrument for data collection was Self Efficacy Questionnaire (SEQ) validated by lecturers in Department of Science Education and Educational Foundations, from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The reliability of the instruments were established using Crombach Alpha which yielded coefficient values of 0.77. Data were generated for the study through the administration of the instruments with the aid offive research assistants. The data obtained from the Questionnaires that was administered to senior secondary school student’s year 2 (SS II) were analysed using simple and multiple linear regressions. The findings of the study revealed that 0.6% of the variance in computer studies achievement was predicted by students’ self-efficacy. Also, achievement in computer studies was significantly predicted by self-efficacy. It was recommended that school teachers should ensure to cover the scheme of work at the appropriate time, to enable students study them in sequential order and in a way that will enable them prepare for test. This should be done to reduce the study load that result in cognitive overload and self-efficacy.