Revealing Relationship of Approaches of Learning STEM, ‎Learning Self-efficacy and Source of STEM Learning Self‎-efficacy Among International School Learners

  • Authors

    • Wong Seng Yue Programme of Malay Language, Academy of Malay Studies, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    • Azham Hussain School of Computing, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia
    • Multaja Ali Saare Department of Computer Science, College of Computer Science and Information, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq
    • Fazillah Mohmad Kamal School of Computing, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia
    https://doi.org/10.14419/hwgsqv41

    Received date: May 5, 2025

    Accepted date: May 14, 2025

    Published date: June 10, 2025

  • Approaches of Learning; Self-Efficacy; Sources of Self-Efficacy; STEM Learning

  • Abstract

    STEM education plays an important role in producing more STEM-capable graduates for the future development of a nation. However, the ‎reduced number of science-stream learners at the secondary and tertiary levels in recent years is a huge concern. The enhancement of STEM ‎initiatives and, variety of strategies to support learners in STEM education have been carried out by the government. The scarce interest among ‎learners and the decline in learners’ abilities to study STEM have highlighted the importance of learners’ learning self-efficacy and their approaches ‎to learn STEM to determine this issue. Further, sources of self-efficacy (SSE) are the prerequisites to develop learners’ self-efficacy (SE). ‎Thus, this research attempts to examine the connection among learners’ SE, source of STEM learning self-efficacy (STEM SE), and ‎their approaches to learn STEM. There are 83 international secondary school learners invited to participate in this study. They have ‎participated in the outreach activities, which aim to motivate them to learn STEM and towards STEM. They have participated in this survey ‎study after the STEM outreach activities. This study points up the significance of socio-cultural factors and approaches during learners’ ‎development of their STEM SE, specifically the important roles played by the prominent factors. Inferences are reported to reduce learners’ ‎stress and sustain their self-efficacy for increasing their interest in STEM learning‎.

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    Yue, W. S., Hussain, A. ., Saare, M. A. ., & Kamal, F. M. . (2025). Revealing Relationship of Approaches of Learning STEM, ‎Learning Self-efficacy and Source of STEM Learning Self‎-efficacy Among International School Learners. International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 14(2), 163-168. https://doi.org/10.14419/hwgsqv41