THE CORRELATIONS AMONG MOTIVATION, SELF-EFFICACY, AND READING COMPREHENSION OF THE TENTH GRADERS OF SMA PATRA MANDIRI 1 PALEMBANG
Daftar Isi:
- Reading is very important in daily life and it has many roles in learning language. The objectives of this correlational study were to find out: (1) whether there was any significant correlation between motivation and reading comprehension of the tenth graders of SMA Patra Mandiri 1 Palembang, (2) whether there was any significant correlation between self-efficacy and reading comprehension of the tenth graders of SMA Patra Mandiri 1 Palembang, and (3) whether there was any significant correlation between two predictor variables (motivation and self-efficacy) and the criterion variable (reading comprehension) of the tenth graders of SMA Patra Mandiri 1 Palembang. The population of this study was the tenth graders of SMA Patra Mandiri 1 Palembang academic year 2019/2020 and 38 students were selected as the sample by using simple random sampling. The data were collected through motivation and self-efficacy questionnaires and students’ reading test. The results showed that (1) there was no significant correlation between students’ motivation and reading comprehension (p-value 0.933), (2) there was no significant correlation between students’ self-efficacy and reading comprehension (p-value was 0.526), and (3) there was no significant correlation between two predictor variables (motivation and self-efficacy) and the criterion variable (reading comprehension) (Sig. F = 0.817).