Perceptions of Students About Mathematics Self-Efficacy at Secondary School Level
Keywords:
Students’ Perception, Performance, Self-efficacy, Mathematics, Secondary SchoolAbstract
The purpose of the study was to gauge secondary school students’ assessment of their mathematical self-efficacy. Usually, poor students’ performance is caused by a variety of circumstances. Among them, the self-efficacy beliefs influence a student's level of effort as well as the amount of tension and anxiety they feel when working on a task. Thus, students' self-efficacy in mathematics has a significant impact on their mathematical achievement. The nature of the current study is descriptive. Ninety-five secondary school students from Rawalpindi city's F.G. schools were chosen for the study sample, using a convenience sampling technique. The questionnaire was used as the data collection tool in this quantitative study design. Descriptive statistics were used in the data analysis. Based on an analysis of the questionnaire responses, it was found that students' performance in mathematics is significantly impacted by their level of self-efficacy. Study of quantitative data shows that the majority of students had a poor opinion of mathematics. This suggests that raising one's positive attitude toward mathematics can help one perform better in the subject. The findings of this study should be helpful to researchers who want to investigate connections between students' self-efficacy in mathematics, their anxiety in the subject, other student characteristics, and criterion factors like math achievement. In order to improve their students' achievement, teachers who want to have a deeper understanding of their students' self-efficacy in mathematics will also find the study beneficial.
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