Effectiveness of quality education based on Glasser's choice theory on the student's academic self efficacy
Since academic self efficacy is a cognitive process that has a strong impact on individuals' choices, quality education should be an effective strategy to help promote students' self efficacy. The research reported in this paper investigates the effectiveness of quality education based on Glasser's choice theory on the student' self efficacy. The research method was quasi experimental with pre and post test design with the control group. The community of statistical consists of the whole students from the third grade of the primary school of Kashan city, Iran. The children's Perceived Academic Self Efficacy subscale from the Morgan Jinks Student Efficacy Scale was used. The inputs were analyzed by ANCOVA test. The outcomes indicated that training of Glasser's choice theory concepts in group sessions had a significant impact on increasing the self efficacy of students. Data indicate the majority of the students involved in this study felt more confident about their disciplinary skills, attendance improved, and they felt more confident about their ability to develop their own proactive discipline program.