The 21st century skills of selected ALS learners in Quezon City vis-à-vis sense of self-efficacy: A correlational predictive study

This study investigated (1) the Alternative Learning System (ALS) learners' self-efficacy; (2) their use of 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, communication, creativity and innovation, self-direction, global and local connections, and technology; and (3) the association or connection of 21st-century skills to ALS learners' self-efficacy. It utilized the correlational-predictive quantitative design. The study respondents were three hundred eighty-five (385) learners purposively sampled from Alternative Learning System learners in Quezon City. In collecting information, researchers adopted a survey tool, 21st-century learners' skills, from Shear et al. (2010) and translated it into Filipino. To measure the performance of the students themselves, the researchers adopted the Self-Efficacy Formative Questionnaire Gaumer et al. (2018). Based on the findings, ALS learners have a high sense of self-efficacy. At the same time, they also possess a high degree of 21st-century skills using technology as their top skill. Using Spearman Rho, the students' 21st-century skills and sense of self-efficacy directly correlate. The first variable affects the latter by fifty-seven percent.