It is not only about ability, but also about believing that you can do it.
Several scientists over the past decades have tried to identify what promotes of academic success with the hope of developing strategies to promote success and combat failure. Academic self-confidence, the belief in one’s own ability to reach an academic goal has been identified to be a strong predictor of academic success.
Researches have shown that people’s actions are strongly influenced by their belief that they are capable of reaching a goal or effectively handling a challenging situation. It unlikely and perhaps impossible to perform an action if you do not believe that you can do it.
Academic excellence requires two things. First, students’ ability to successfully master curricular areas like Mathematics, English, science, etc and secondly, their self-perceived capacity for engaging in self-regulating learning activities, such as planning and organizing their academic activities, structuring environments conducive to learning, and motivating themselves to complete schoolwork.
Students need to believe, for example, that they are capable of doing homework with little or no help and studying even when more interesting and distractive activities beckon, taking notes in class, using the library and the internet effectively to collect information for class assignments, or finding a place to study without distractions.
In their efforts to boost their students’ belief in their own capabilities, teachers should also be aware of students' individual characteristics and take them into account. By promoting self-belief, we can promote academic success.
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