Self-efficacys Influence on College Students Academic Performance

Some college students begin their courses with low self-efficacy. Before beginning a course, they start considering I cannot do well in this class or This class isnt a good choice for me. In previous papers, several researchers have provided their findings on the related topic. However, according to their experiements, different results were discovered and different explanations were given. Thus, this paper is a literature review and the purpose of it is to summarise the previous point of views and give possible explanations for the variety of results. In this article, self-efficacys impact on academic performance, as well as the inner process in which self-efficacy influences academic performance will be discussed. As a result of the finding, it is concluded that a high level of self-efficacy positively influences academic performance, and the inner correlation between self-efficacy and academic performance is explained. Moreover, some tips are given for students to improve their self-efficacy.