THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SECONDARY STUDENTS' BELIEFS ON MATHEMATYCAL PROBLEM SOLVYNG AND MATHEMATYCAL SELF-EFFICACY PERCEPTION AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENT IN ROUTINE AND NON-ROUNTINE PROBLEMS

The aim of the study is to determine the relationship between the students' beliefs and self-efficacy perception on problem solving and their achievement in routine and non-routine problems. In accordance with this purpose, the achievement tests including routine and non-routine problems were performed to the 63 tenth grade students studying in different schools with the help of self-efficacy perception on mathematics and the beliefs in problem solving. As a result of the study, it has been reached that there is a significant relationship in a positive way between students' beliefs in problem solving and achievement in non-routine problems but there is not a significant relationship between students' beliefs in problem solving and their achievement in routine problems. In addition ,there is not a significant relationship between students' self-efficacy perception on mathematics and their achievement in routine and non routine problems.