Qualitative analysis has been done on the effect of social persuasion toward students’ behavior in pair problem solving. The research subjects were two male students of Class XI  from a senior high school in district of Parigi-Moutong. Each student in the group had different role. Both students also exchang role in the problem solving. One student was as a model to solve problems and another student was as an observer. The instrument of the study was a test that consisted of 3 items. The test was used to explore students’ behaviour  during the pair problem solving. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in two phases. The first phase was after the problem solving and the second was after video analysis. The activities were recorded using video cameras: three cameras were in the problem solving and one in the interview. Based on data analysis, it can be stated that social persuasion  is  dominant aspect affecting self-efficacy beliefs of students in pair  problem solving.
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