Educational Psychology
Farhad Khoemaei; Arezou FarokhTaghiabadi; Seyed Mehdi Poorseyed
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of problem-solving and patience instruction on the academic self-efficacy of school students. It is a quasi-experimental study with a post-test design and a control group. Accidental sampling was used to select participants. Three schools were accidentally ...
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This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of problem-solving and patience instruction on the academic self-efficacy of school students. It is a quasi-experimental study with a post-test design and a control group. Accidental sampling was used to select participants. Three schools were accidentally selected among Abarkouh City, then the sixth-grade students of these schools were assigned to the three groups of 30 individuals; problem-solving and patience instructions groups as well as a control group. The Morgan-Jinks Student Efficacy Scale was applied for data collection. In this study, patience and problem-solving instructions were conducted in the experimental groups. The obtained data were analyzed by variate analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results showed that instruction in patience and problem-solving has an impact on the academic self-efficacy of students. Additionally, the instruction of patient has more effect on context components of self- efficacy than instruction of problem-solving. According to these results, it can be stated that problem-solving and patience instruction helps students to think about their problems. Also, they learned to deal with issues and difficulties in a way that won’t become anxious, and they can maintain their mental health in the face of possible failures, tensions and crises. In conclusion, they can improve their academic performance with self-efficacy.
