The Comparison of the bilingual and the monolingual students' academic performance and academic self-efficacy in the elementary schools

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

الهام  حاتم زاده عربی ¹ (1کارشناس ارشد برنامه ریزی آموزشی)
صمد  ایزدی ² (2دانشیار گروه علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه مازندران، مازندران، ایران)
سهیلا  هاشمی ³ (3استادیار گروه علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه مازندران، مازندران، ایران)

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2015-03-21

Keywords: academic self-efficacy, Academic Performance, Monolingual, Elementary School Students, Bilingual,

Abstract :

The present research has been an attempt to compare academic performance and academic self-efficacy of bilingual and monolingual elementary school students the target population comprised 152 male and female 4th and 5th grade students studying at Marefat School in Babolsar. The sample size was equal to the population, and the data was gathered through Dortaj's (2004) academic performance questionnaire, and Morgan-Jink's student efficacy scale (1999). Cranach's alpha was calculated for the two instruments as 0.75 and 0.70 respectively. Data analysis in descriptive statistics included bar chart, frequency percentage, frequency charts and in inference statistics one-sample Kolmogrov Smirnov test, Mann-Whitney U test, and T-test. The results revealed that among academic performance elements, there has been a significant difference only in the planning component. And also among academic self-efficacy, between female bilingual and monolingual students there was a significant difference in the academic talent factor..

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