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Title:
The Role Of Parental Support On Science Self-Efficacy Among Secondary School Students In Muranga, Kenya

Authors:
Mary N. Muturi and Dr. Tabitha Wangeri

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Mary N. Muturi1 and Dr. Tabitha Wangeri2
1. Department of education and Technology , Murang’a University of Technology, P.O Box: 75-10200, Murang’a, Kenya
2. Department of educational psychology, Kenyatta University ,P.O Box: 43844-00100, Nairobi, Kenya

MLA 8
Muturi, Mary N., and Dr. Tabitha Wangeri. "The Role Of Parental Support On Science Self-Efficacy Among Secondary School Students In Muranga, Kenya." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 7, no. 9, Sept. 2022, pp. 2843-2854, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i09.006. Accessed Sept. 2022.
APA 6
Muturi, M., & Wangeri, D. (2022, September). The Role Of Parental Support On Science Self-Efficacy Among Secondary School Students In Muranga, Kenya. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 7(9), 2843-2854. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i09.006
Chicago
Muturi, Mary N., and Dr. Tabitha Wangeri. "The Role Of Parental Support On Science Self-Efficacy Among Secondary School Students In Muranga, Kenya." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 7, no. 9 (September 2022), 2843-2854. Accessed September, 2022. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i09.006.

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ABSTRACT:
The paper explored parental involvement factors that affect 498 secondary school students’ science self-efficacy in Murang’a County Kenya. The choice of determining future engagement in the science disciplines in the world of work rests on self-confidence in science. Inferential statistics were determined by pearson’s correlation coefficient, analysis of variance, and multiple linear regression analysis. The findings established instrumental assistance and verbal encouragement as positively influencing students’ science self-efficacy, career modeling had an insignificant effect while emotional support was found to have a negative relationship with students' science self-efficacy. The results reveal that the emotional status of students was a predictor of the development of confidence in science-related tasks.

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