Naomi Boakye
The relationship between self-efficacy and reading proficiency of first-year students: An exploratory study
University of Pretoria
selfefficacy belief ones ability perform task successfully widely acknowledged important learning affective factor though explicitly evident said play important role academic performance however role reading development widely investigated determine relationship selfefficacy reading proficiency study conducted firstyear students south african tertiary institution students selfefficacy levels elicited questionnaire reading proficiency obtained test academic literacy levels tall essentially assesses reading proficiency analysis variance showed robust relationship reading selfefficacy reading proficiency cohort students regression analysis conducted affective factors showed selfefficacy best predictor students reading proficiency results discussed relate previous research recommendations made include development selfefficacy reading instruction