Academic Efficacy as Correlate of Students’ Performance: A Study on Adolescents of Lahore
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Academic Efficacy, Students’ Performance, Adolescents, Lahore, PakistanAbstract
The study was aimed to investigate role of Academic efficacy (AE)as correlate of academic achievement. The study was designed on quantitative paradigm which included 12 dimensions of academic efficacy. The population of this study were 800 college students, including 400 male and 400 female, which were gathered by multistage sampling technique. Standardized research instrument was adopted for measuring academic efficacy, while the last exams percentage of students was used to measure the academic performance. Data was analyzed using t-test, and Pearson correlation r. Results indicated a significant correlation between Academic efficacy (AE)and academic performance. It is therefore recommended that the teachers and parents should play their role in enhancing students’ Academic efficacy (AE)to improve their quality of performance
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