THE INFLUENCE OF EFFICACY ON METACOGNITION AWARENESS AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE ISLAND ZONE
The purpose of this study is to determine the strength of the efficacy influences, which includes three dimensions: students’ involvement, teaching strategies, and classroom management on metacognition awareness among teachers that working in primary schools in the Island Zone of North Sabah. Using a quantitative approach, this study is based on an ‘ex post facto’ study design. The data were collected through a questionnaire instrument by using the "Teachers’ Sense Of Efficacy (TSES) and "Metacognitive Awareness Inventory for Teacher" (MAIT). Through the purposive sampling design, a total of 151 teachers that teaching at 14 primary schools in the island zone was involved in this study. Descriptive and inference statistics were used to analyze the data and to present the findings of the study. The data were analyzed by using Multiple Regression Analysis. The findings show that the level of teachers’ efficacy (M = 7.45, SD = .86) and teachers' metacognition awareness (M = 4.11, SD = .40) are at a high and positive level. The results of the multiple regression analysis showed that only one dimension of the constructs of the teachers’ efficacy: teaching strategies (β = .591, t = 5.655, p <.05) found to be able to contribute significant predictor value to teacher metacognition awareness and thus reject the null hypothesis. Research implications have also been discussed.