Academic Self Efficacy, Parental Involvement and Learning Motivation Among Students During Covid-19 in Selected Secondary Schools in Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has affected every human endeavour including academic activities all over the world. To this extent the study investigated academic self-efficacy, parental involvement and learning motivation among students during covid-19 in selected secondary schools in Nasarawa state, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Six secondary schools were purposively selected from two local government areas: Nasarawa Eggon and Lafia. One hundred and twenty (120) senior secondary two students (48 males and females) were randomly selected for self-administered structured questionnaire. Three hypotheses were generated and tested. The data collected were subjected to Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to test the hypotheses inthe study. The results showed that there was correlation (r=0.450) though low, betweenacademic self-efficacy, parental involvement and learning motivation (F=2.32, P=0.74). However, academic self-efficacy contributed to learning motivation (F= 11.509, P= -0.00) of the students in the selected schools. Based on these results, it was recommended that counsellors, teachers and parents should assist the students in developing positive attitude to their academics in order to enhance their learning motivation