Review of the relationship between self-efficacy of science teachers on motivation, attitude and academic achievement of fifth grade elementary school students

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

محمد علی پیرکمالی ¹ , حسین مومنی مهموئی ² , مجید پاکدامن ³

1 - 1دانشجوی علوم تربیتی،قائنات، واحد قاینات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، قائنات، ایران
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3 - 3استادیار گروه علوم تربیتی، واحد قاینات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، قائنات، ایران

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2013-06-22

Keywords: Attitude, motivation, Teacher self-efficacy, Achievement, Self-efficacy,

Abstract :

This study has investigated the relationship between self-efficacy of science teachers on motivation, attitude and academic achievement of fifth grade elementary school students. The Methodology of the research was correlation and 80 teachers of the fifth grade of elementary school teachers, out of 223 teachers, in Zahedan were randomly selected. Then, they were categorized into three different groups based on their self-efficacy levels. Among each group, five teachers were selected randomly and for each teacher, 20 students were randomly selected, totally 300 students. Tschannen - Moran (2001) teacher self-efficacy questionnaire was used in order to measure the teachers’ self-efficacy levels. Gardner (1986) motivation questionnaire has been implemented to measure the students’ motivation. Teacher-maker test has been implemented to measure educational achievement. Finally, McCoach and Siegll (2003) attitude questionnaire has been used to measure the students’ attitude level. The data was analyzed by using one-way ANOVA and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. The results of the study were indicated that the teacher self-efficacy level has a positive impact on the students’ achievement, motivation and attitude. They also showed that there was a positive correlation between the students’ achievement and attitude