Junior high school student: The problem-solving ability based on self-efficacy (original) (raw)

Self-efficacy is one of the students' beliefs needed to solve problems or actions required to achieve individual results. Problem-solving is a skill that students must have in the mathematics learning process. This study is a quantitative descriptive of 265 students from three schools in Junior High School in Sukoharjo, consisting of high, medium, and low categories. The purpose of this research was to determine students who have better mathematical problem-solving abilities between the high, medium, and low self-efficacy categories. The data analysis technique used was the one-way ANOVA test with different cells and the post hoc test using the Scheffe method. Based on the statistical analysis results, the problem-solving abilities of students who had high self-efficacy were better than students who had medium and low self-efficacy. The problem-solving abilities of students who have moderate self-efficacy are as good as students who have low self-efficacy.