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ERIC Number: EJ747149
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Apr
Pages: 13
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0360-1315
Aptitude-Treatment Interactions in Preservice Teachers' Behavior Change during Computer-Simulated Teaching
Yeh, Yu-Chu
Computers and Education, v48 n3 p495-507 Apr 2007
Adapting training methods to specific teacher traits to best facilitate the training effects for preservice teachers is an important, yet neglected, topic in aptitude-treatment interaction research. This study investigated interactions between four personal traits (CT-dispositions, thinking styles, CT-skills, and intrapersonal intelligence) and two designed treatments on preservice teachers' behavior change during a computer-simulated teaching experience. One hundred and seventy-eight preservice teachers participated in this study. The CS-TGCTS simulation program was employed to measure the preservice teachers' actual use of effective teacher behaviors, as well as the four targeted personal traits which were measured by three Likert-scale inventories and one multiple-choice test. The results suggest that preservice teachers with high levels of CT-dispositions, CT-skills, and intrapersonal intelligence--as well as those with judicial or legislative thinking styles--are mindful, analytical, and reflective in their teaching practices and therefore more likely to continually improve their teaching skills.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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