An Examination Into Self-Efficacy, Metacognition and Academic Performance of Pre-Service ELT Students: Prediction and Difference

The aim of this study is of twofold: to examine in what degree the undergraduate ELT students' sense of self-efficacy and metacognitive awareness predict their academic performance, and to investigate the difference in self-efficacy beliefs and metacognitive awareness according to grades.The study cohorts a total of 143 students enrolled in English Language Teaching department.In the study two different instruments were used: Teachers' Sense of Self-Efficacy Scale (TSES) (Çapa, Çakıroğlu and Sarıkaya, 2005) and Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI) (Schraw and Dennison, 1994).The correlation analysis suggested relation between Yrd.Doç.Dr. Bülent ALCI / Yrd.Doç.Dr. Gülru YÜKSEL self-efficacy, metacognition and academic success.Yet, the regression analysis showed that only metacognitive awareness predicts academic performance.ANOVA analysis displayed statistically significant differences in self-efficacy and metacognitive awareness scores between groups.