Assessing the Academic Behavioral Confidence of the Secondary School Students

Abstract

Introduction: This paper elucidates the Academic Behavioral Confidence (ABC) of the higher secondary school students by using the parental concepts such as selfefficacy and social cognition psychological theories. Method: The academic self confidence of the students are being assessed by the ABC scale which portraits the variations in teaching preferences and learning behaviors of students. Samples of 106 male and female students of XII standard of a government school were undertaken for study. Result: The study reveals that a significant level (median= 64.50) of confidence prevails among these students unlike other research studies. More than half of the student’s (50%) ABC score was above the median score signifying their confidence level to be high. Conclusion: The secondary school student’s academic confidence reasons out their intrinsic and extrinsic motivation towards their future because they know that secondary education determine their life.