Investigating the Relationship between College Students' Self-Perception and Actual Performance in Reading and in Writing
Philippine ESL Journal, 2013
23 Pages Posted: 29 Feb 2016
Date Written: July 1, 2013
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to determine the relationship between students' self-perception and actual performance in reading and in writing. Using self-report questionnaire, reading test, and essay writing test administered to sixty-two university freshman students enrolled in various courses, the study reveals that a positive strong relationship exists between self-perception and actual performance in writing; however, a weak relationship exists between self-perception and actual performance in reading. The outcome indicated an unexpected pattern as studies maintain that students express a higher level of difficulty in writing, hence, an expected lower self-perception. Moreover, though studies reveal a strong relationship between perceived self-efficacy for reading and writing and actual performance in reading and in writing tasks, the result of this study will encourage future researchers to explore other aspects that may have resulted in low correlation between the two variables measured, and elucidate the unexpected outcome of this investigation.
Keywords: self-perception, reading performance, writing performance
JEL Classification: Y9
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