A STUDY OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AND SELF EFFICACY OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
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2019
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ALLAHABAD SCHOOL OF EDUCATION SAM HIGGINBOTTOM UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCES PRAYAGRAJ (ALLAHABAD)-211007
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The present study was to find out the achievement motivation and self-efficacy of higher secondary school students in relation to their academic performance. The research data was collected from different schools of the Allahabad District by collecting information from the students of the school by the help of questionnaire. The researcher used an educational motivation and self-efficacy scale to determine the relationship with academic performance of the students. The present study was descriptive field survey type of research and includes composite characteristics of causal comparative and correlation survey research. The population of the study comprised of all the higher secondary students (class 11th) studying in U.P. board of Allahabad.The achievement motivation and self-efficacy questionnaire contained 20 and 10 statements respectively were selected.The stratified random sampling method was used to collect the sample. Total 600 students from 100 (20 government and 80 private) higher secondary schools were selected to collect the sample from Allahabad District. Percentages, t-test and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient were used to analyze the data. The results showed that, majority of the higher secondary school students were highly motivated, have high self- efficacy. The study also found a significant correlation between self- efficacy and academic performance. Again, there was a positive relationship between achievement motivation and academic performance and the correlation was significant. The study confirms the importance of achievement motivation and self-efficacy to academic performance and concluded by making insightful suggestions and recommendations to stakeholders in education in helping students to enhance their motivation and self-efficacy to improve their academic performance.
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