Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore for differences in the academic self-efficacy of Mexican high schoolstudents. A gird questionnaire was administered to 1,460 students form private and public schools. As expected, highachieving students showed significantly higher academic self-efficacy that their peers. However, interesting genderdifferences were found. Whereas men had higher self-efficacy feelings towards Math, Sciences and English as asecond language; women showed higher self-efficacy in Spanish language. Likewise, private school’s studentsshowed feelings of academic self-efficacy. Implications of findings for education practice and research are discussed.
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