A Study of the Effect of Communication Skills Training on the Female Students’ Self-efficacy and Achievement

Subject Areas : Education

M.S احمدی ¹ (دانشجوی دکتری دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران)
H. حاتمی ² (عضو هیآت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران)
H. احدی ³ (عضو هیآت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران)
H. اسدزاده ⁴ (عضو هیآت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران)

Received: 2014-05-14 Accepted : 2014-05-14 Published : 2014-02-20

Keywords: Communication Skills, Self efficacy, Academic achivement,

Abstract :

The present research aimed at studying the effect of communication skills training on self-efficacy beliefs and academic achievement of female students of high-schools in grade one in Zanjan city. A use was made of a self-efficacy questionnaire, students’ average-point scores and the UNISEF program for training communication skills in this pre- post-test experimental study.  A sample of 60 students with average point scores smaller than intermediate was selected using stage sampling strategy from among a population of 4935 students. They were randomly assigned to one experimental and one control group. The experimental group received a treatment based on the UNICEF Training kit over a ten-session course in terms of questions and answers and role-plays. To analyze the data, SPSS was used to run ANCOVA and MANOVA analyses. The results suggested that the training of communication skills was effective in improving the self-efficacy (F=33.7, p<0/001) and academic achievement (F=25, p<0/001) of the students.