Student and teacher self-efficacy and the connection to reading and writing

Self-efficacy or the belief in one’s ability (Bandura, 1977) on the part of both teachers and students is thought to be directly related to teacher and student success. Few studies have compared teacher efficacy, student efficacy, and student ability at once. This study examined the relationship between teacher self-efficacy, student self-efficacy, and student ability. Teachers’ perceptions of the students’ self-efficacy was significantly correlated with students’ abilities; however, student literacy self-efficacy was not correlated with their literacy ability. Additionally, there was no correlation between the teachers’ perception of the students’ literacy self-efficacy and the students’ literacy self-efficacy. Finally, the teachers’ self-efficacy was significantly correlated with their perception of the students’ self-efficacy.