The Correlation Between Self Efficacy and the Learning Achievement

Abstract

Self-efficacy was an individual’s confidence regarding his ability to achieve certain goals. Lack of Self-efficacy of students would affect their learning achievement. The purpose of this study was to prove the correlation be- tween self-efficacy and learning achievement at elementary school. The de- sign of this study was correlational with a cross sectional approach. The population in the study was 54 students at 6thgrade elementary school, a total sample was 54 students which used total sampling techniques. The independent variable was self-efficacy, the dependent variable was learning achievement. The data was taken using a questionnaire that had been tested for validity. The results showed that 28 of the 54 respondents had high self- efficacy and satisfying learning achievement. This showed that H1 was ac- cepted which meant that there was a correlation between self-efficacy and learning achievement in elementary school Sidoarjo District. A good self- efficacy from oneself could affect his learning achievement. People who had high beliefs with their abilities tend to succeed, while people who had low beliefs with their abilities tended to fail.