The Effect of Self-Efficacy and Learning Achievement of Students in the Class of 2016/2017 at Borobudur University, Jakarta

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a significant correlation between self-efficacy and student achievement. This study uses a quantitative approach. The subjects of this study were 135 active undergraduate students of the Borobudur University class of 2016/2017 in the faculties of science and humanities. This study used proportionate stratified random sampling so that 73 students from the faculty of science were obtained and 57 students in the humanities field were obtained. The data analysis method in this research is linear regression. The results of this study indicate that there is an effect of self-efficacy on student achievement in class 2016/2017 at Borobudur University. The regression model test shows (Sig 0.00 <0.05), with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.272 and 0.293 in the exact sciences and humanities faculty, this shows that there is a mutual relationship between the self-efficacy variables and learning achievement in the low category. The coefficient of determination (R Square) in the faculty of science and humanities students is 0.074 and 0.086. It means that only 7.4% and 8.6% of the variation in learning achievement can be explained by the self-efficacy variable, and the rest is influenced by other factors. Keywords: self-efficacy, students’ achievement, students