Academic Perceived Self-Efficacy Among Undergraduate Students at the University of Jordan and its Relation to Gender, College and Academic Level

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the level of the academic perceived self-efficacy among undergraduate students at the University of Jordan and the relation of this efficacy with gender, level and college and the interaction among these variables. The sample consisted of 400 students (240 females/ 160 males), a half of them from scientific colleges and a half from human colleges from year one to four. The test of the academic perceived self-efficacy was administered on all the members of the sample. To answer the study questions, means and standard deviations for students’ scores on the test were obtained. And to answer the second and third questions a three way analysis of variance was performed to study the effect of the independent variables on perceived efficacy. Main findings indicated that, first; the level of perceived efficacy was moderate. Second, perceived efficacy was affected by the level of students as such students in year four perceive their selves as more efficacious than students in year two. Third, there was an interaction between students level and gender, and an interaction between students level and college.