Student’s Self-efficacy in Organic Chemistry Learning
Abstract: This research is
intended to adapt The Sources of Middle School Mathematics SelfEfficacy Scale,
which is applied to different cultural context (as in Indonesian culture) and various
age ranges (college students), focusing on organic chemistry learning.
Questionnaire isthen further used to investigate the self-efficacy beliefs in
students from University ofMulawarman, in learning organic chemistry for the
very first time. The results of early study in Chemistry Education
Undergraduate Study in University of Mulawarman showed that in general, the
student’s self-efficacy could be categorized as sufficient. Only about 46.82%
of students who believed that they are always going to be successful in organic
chemistry learning; meanwhile the other 53.18% is still in doubt of their own
abilities in learning organic chemistry; these students sometimes are exposed
to stress and feeling nervous during the lessonis conducted. This finding
showed the importance of students’ self-efficacy in learning chemistry in
university. Self-efficacy does not only impact on students’ perseverance in
general chemistry class, but also further to improve their perseverance in
later advanced studies andworkplace. This urges the need to measure student’s
self-efficacy
Penulis: Erika
Journal Code: jpkimiagg170015
