Comparison of social skills and academic self-efficacy of students of multi-level and single-level classes of the second elementary school in Divandareh city

The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the social skills and academic self-efficacy of the students of multi-grade and single-grade classes of the second elementary school in Divandareh city. The statistical population included the students of the second year of elementary school in Divandareh city. 348 people were selected as the sample size of the research (simple stratified random). The measurement tools included questionnaires of social skills and academic self-efficacy. The tests used in this research were one-sample t, independent t and two independent groups t. The findings showed that there is a significant difference between the amount of talent, context and effort components of the academic self-efficacy variable of single-grade and multi-grade students in favor of multi-grade students. There is a significant difference between the amount of appropriate social skills, antisocial behaviors, aggression and impulsive behaviors, superiority, high self-confidence, and relationship with peers from the variable of social skills of single-grade and multi-grade students in favor of single-grade students.