ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN RELATION TO SELF EFFICACY AND GENDER AMONG TRIBAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Dr .B. Sreenivasulu

Volume : IV, Issue : XI, November - 2015

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN RELATION TO SELF EFFICACY AND GENDER AMONG TRIBAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Dr . B. Sreenivasulu

Abstract :

The aim of the present investigation is to assess the academic achievement in relation to self efficacy and gender among tribal high school students. The present study consists of the sample 120 tribal high school students including both boys and girls in Chittoor of Andhra Pradesh State. To measure the self efficacy of the subjects the self efficacy scale developed by Bandura (1995) was administered to the subjects. Results revealed that students with high self efficacy and girls students are better academic achievement than boys and there is a significant interaction between self efficacy and gender with regard to their academic achievement of tribal students.