Research Article

Self-Efficacy Appraisals and Test-Taking Behavior of Students from Culturally Diverse Populations

Table 1

Means, standard deviations, -values, and effect size ( ) values for self-efficacy and mathematics test-taking behavior indicators of Jewish and Arab students in four quartiles of the mathematics test score distribution.

VariableGroupQuartile 1Quartile 2Quartile 3Quartile 4
N M (SD)t (d)N M (SD)t (d)N M (SD)t (d)N M (SD)t (d)

Self-efficacyJews103.18 (.58)−.83313.13 (.76) −4.84** (1.04)563.31 (.66) −4.99** (0.95)813.56 (.53)−5.29** (1.16)
Arabs793.39 (.75)733.84 (.64)533.92 (.61)284.21 (.65)

% CorrectJews
10
21.45 (5.27)
1.5332
34.94 (4.33)
−1.8358
51.60 (5.65)
−1.6288
73.62 (9.37)
3.90**
(0.67)
Arabs109 17.93 (7.07) 8836.88 (5.39)5853.35 (6.03)3168.15 (5.47)

% IncorrectJews
10
23.45 (9.48)
−7.26**
(1.53)
32
24.77 (11.62)
−7.95**
(1.64)
58
24.33 (9.24)
−6.67** (1.24)88
16.96 (4.97)
−9.84**
(2.06)
Arabs10948.16 (16.80)
8845.12 (12.67)5835.24 (8.36)
3127.16 (4.94)

% MissingJews
10
55.09 (11.82)3.30* (1.10)3240.28 (12.61)9.02** (1.86)58
24.08 (10.48)6.97** (1.30)88
9.42 (7.60)
4.29** (0.76)
Arabs10933.91 (19.90)8818.00 (11.74)5811.41 (9.03)314.69 (4.17)

% SkippedJews
10
41.27 (8.50)
5.12** (1.07)
32
27.44 (11.61)
6.57** (1.55)58
17.02 (7.44)
5.96** (1.11)88
7.54 (5.95)
3.12* (0.55)
Arabs10925.59 (15.16)
8812.60 (8.86)589.09 (6.89)314.57 (3.95)

% UnreachedJews
10
13.82 (11.76)1.7332
12.84 (10.19)
3.74* (0.87)58
7.05 (8.66)3.55* (0.68)88
1.88 (4.55)3.58*
(0.51)
Arabs1098.32 (9.42)885.39 (7.96)582.32 (5.28)31.12 (.45)

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