REVISION OF THE SCALE OF DETERMINING THE SOURCES OF SELF-EFFICACY BELIEF FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS

• Published in: Zeitschrift für die Welt der Türken 2021-04, Vol.13 (1), p.95-110
• Main Authors: ASLAN, Ali, DURMAZ UZUNOĞLU, Hilal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1869-2338; 1868-8934
• DOI: 10.46291/ZfWT/130106

Bandura argued that self-efficacy belief is nourished by four sources. These are masyery performance (performance accomplishments), vicarious experiences, verbal (social) persuasion, physiological and emotional states. The aim of this study is to rearrange the "Determining the Sources of Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Primary School Students" scale and to examine the revision of the new form for middle school students. In the new form of the scale prepared for secondary school students, the items were expressed in the form of question and the options were formed in the 5-point Likert; highly increase (5), quite increase (4), moderate increase (3), slightly increase (2), never increase (1). The scale items are based on mathematics. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to demonstrate suitability of this new form of the scale for the middle school students. At the end of the study, it was found that the structure of scale with 4-factor and 12-item was protected, in other words, the new form of the scale gave valid and reliable results on middle school students. Keywords: Self-efficacy belief, sources of self-efficacy belief, confirmatory factor analysis, middle school students.