A study of relationships between twelfth grade students self-efficacy and their music theoritical achievement : a case study of music-focused basic education institutions in Bangkok and vicinity
Abstract:
The methodology of this research was to survey. The objectives of research were 1) to study twelfth grade students music theoretical achievement 2) to study twelfth grade students self-efficacy perception and their self-efficacy factors perception and 3) to study the relationships between twelfth grade students self-efficacy perception and their music theoretical achievement. The sample of this research were 59 twelfth grade students from the music-focused basic education institutions in Bangkok and vicinity including five students from Watsuthiwararam school, twenty-six students from The College of Dramatic Arts and twenty-eight students from Mattayom Sangkeetwitaya Bangkok School. The research instruments were 1) personal information questionnaires 2) music theoretical achievement test 3) self-efficacy questionnaires and 4) self-efficacys factors questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (calculating the frequency, percentage, M, SD) and inferential statistics by Pearson correlation. The results of the study revealed that: 1) the twelfth grade students received their music theoretical achievement score at the moderate level. (M = 47.53, SD = 22.35) 2) The twelfth grade students rated their self-efficacy perception at the moderate level (M = 2.31, SD = .87) and rated their self-efficacy factors perception at the high level (M = 109.07, SD = 21.52) including 4 factors from Enactive Attainment at the moderate level (M = 58.89, SD = 17.99), Vicarious Experience at the high level (M = 70.9, SD = 17.22). Verbal Persuasion at the high level (M = 67.67, SD = 17.38) and Physiological and Affective State at the moderate level (M = 65.52, SD = 13.61) and 3) Self-efficacy was positively correlated at the moderate level and significantly correlated with music theoretical achievement at the .01 level (r = .66).