What is self confidence, how can we attain this to boosts academic performance of a student?
Everyone of use has a hidden talent but not all people have the capacity to cultivate it, since talent is within us, let us help ourselves to see it fully, just what like a self confidence is.
Giving a series of confidence boosting writing exercises, some grade seven students showed better academic performance, pursuing to the next level of schooling. Done three or two times each school year, students were randomly selected and made to choose among the lists values such as athletic ability, sense of humor, creativity and being smart. They were then asked to write why they think these values are important to them. Based from other sources the frien students were very poor in their studies but they manifested higher self-esteem. They also showed a higher grade point average rather than who took different writing examination.
According to Geofrey Cohen of Colorado University there are reasons why students are very depreciated with the family, it is because of falling their examination, bad experience in school or sometimes broken hearted, can have lasting effects on students however, by giving them exercises that may boost esteem, teachers can save them from performing poorly in class.
Students are bound to have stressful experiences in school and these can be basic and insignificantly affect academic performance.
It is therefore important for our teachers – schools – to offer activities that highlight and reinforce each student’s values and strength.
By: EMLIA T. FERRERA | Teacher I | Pablo Roman National High School | Pilar, Bataan
