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高中生英语学习自我效能感与英语成绩的关系研究 Introduction Self-efficacyreferstoone'sbeliefinone'sabilitytoaccomplishaparticulartaskorachieveaparticulargoal.Itplaysanimportantroleinmanyareasoflife,includingacademics.Highschoolisacriticalperiodforthedevelopmentofself-efficacybeliefsinEnglishlanguagelearning.Inthispaper,wewillexploretherelationshipbetweenself-efficacyandEnglishlanguagegradesamonghighschoolstudents. LiteratureReview Previousstudieshaveshownthatself-efficacybeliefshaveasignificantimpactonacademicachievement(Pajares,2003).Forexample,astudybySchunkandPajares(2002)foundthatstudentswhohadahighlevelofself-efficacyinmathematicsachievedhighergradesthanthosewithlowself-efficacy.Similarly,astudybyBandura(1997)reportedthatstudentswhohadhighself-efficacyinscienceachievedhighergradesthanthosewithlowself-efficacy. InthecontextoflearningEnglish,students'self-efficacybeliefsareinfluencedbyanumberoffactors.Forexample,self-efficacyinlearningthelanguagecanbeinfluencedbystudents'priorknowledge,learningexperiences,andmotivation(Pajares,2003).Moreover,socialsupport,suchasfeedbackfromteachersandparents,canalsostrengthenstudents'self-efficacybeliefs(Maddux,1995). Method Thestudyinvolvedasampleof100highschoolstudents(50boysand50girls)fromonehighschoolinChina.Thedatawascollectedthroughaself-administeredquestionnaire.Thequestionnairewasusedtomeasurestudents'self-efficacybeliefsinlearningEnglishandtheirEnglishlanguagegradesfortheacademicyear.Thestudentswereaskedtoratethemselvesonafive-pointscale(rangingfrom1=verylowto5=veryhigh)intermsoftheirconfidenceintheirabilitytolearnandimprovetheirEnglishlanguageskills.TheirEnglishlanguagegradeswereobtainedfromschoolrecords. Results Theresultsshowedapositivecorrelationbetweenstudents'self-efficacybeliefsinlearningEnglishandtheirEnglishlanguagegrades(r=.68,p<.01).Thisindicatesthatstudentswhohadhighself-efficacyinlearningEnglishachievedhighergradesthanthosewithlowself-efficacy. Discussion Thefindingsofthisstudysupporttheimportanceofdevelopingstudents'self-efficacyb