A Comparison Based Examination of Self-efficiency, Social Skills and Cognitive Beliefs in the Smart and Non-smart Schools of City of BandarAbbas

摘要

The present research is of causal-comparative type. The society to be studied in the research is high school students of smart and non-smart schools of city of Bandar Abbas, among which 300 people were selected using Morgan table and the accessible sampling method. The method for collecting information is field type and the tool for collecting information is the self-efficiency questionnaire. The reliability coefficient obtained through execution on 30 people of the statistical society has been calculated as 0.86, and for the social skills, the reliability coefficient obtained through execution on 30 people of the statistical society was calculated as 0.76, and in addition for the Wales cognitive beliefs questionnaire (MCQ-30), the reliability coefficient obtained through execution on 30 people of the statistical society has been calculated as 0.72. The data obtained from the research results are as follows: The results of the study on the self-efficiency of students of smart and non-smart schools showed that there is meaningful difference between self-efficiency of students of smart and non-smart schools and smart schools students have higher self-efficiency. The results of variance and T test indicated that no meaningful difference is seen between social skills of students of smart and non-smart schools. The results of variance and T test indicated that a meaningful difference is seen between cognitive beliefs of students of smart and non-smart schools and students of smart schools have higher cognitive beliefs.