A CONSTRUCY VALIDITY TESTING OF SELF-EFFICACY SKILLS MEASUREMENT MODEL CASE STUDY THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ OF SCIENCE-MATHEMATICS PROGRAM IN LOCAL
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The aim of this study was to examining the construct validity of self-efficacy skills of the high school students of science-mathematics program in local. The study involved 1,000 students in high school of science-mathematics program from multi-stage sampling. The instrument used to collect data that could measure the psychological properties of self-efficacy skills consisted of 3 main components: 1) self-regulation ( = .992), 2) accessibility of educational information (
= .985), and 3) self-directed learning (
= .962), with a reliability of the entire instrument (
= .880). The data was analyzed by descriptive statistical analysis and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The research findings were as follows: The result of the confirmatory factors revealed that the model fit with the empirical data (
= 363.124, df = 141,
/df = 2.58, P-value = 0.000, GFI = 0.996, AGFI = 0.995, SRMR = 0.016, RMSEA = 0.037) at the .05 level of significance.
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