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Linking Preservice Teachers' Mathematics Self-Efficacy and Mathematics Teaching Efficacy to Their Mathematical Performance
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Bates, Alan B.; Latham, Nancy; Kim, Jin-ah – School Science and Mathematics, 2011
This study examined preservice teachers' mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics teaching efficacy and compared them to their mathematical performance. Participants included 89 early childhood preservice teachers at a Midwestern university. Instruments included the Mathematics Self-Efficacy Scale (MSES), Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Self Efficacy
Measuring Teachers' Beliefs in Relation to Teaching Mathematics with Mathematical Practices in Mind
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Riggs, Iris M.; Fischman, Davida D.; Riggs, Matt L.; Jetter, Madeleine E.; Jesunathadas, Joseph – School Science and Mathematics, 2018
Efforts to measure teacher self-efficacy beliefs have built upon the theories of Albert Bandura. Continuing in that vein, the purpose of this study was to develop a measure that assesses teachers' efficacy and expectancy beliefs regarding teaching mathematics with an emphasis on conceptual understanding and mathematical practices, and to use this…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Correlation, Mathematics Instruction
Mathematics Anxiety and Preservice Elementary Teachers' Confidence to Teach Mathematics and Science
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Bursal, Murat; Paznokas, Lynda – School Science and Mathematics, 2006
Sixty-five preservice elementary teachers' math anxiety levels and confidence levels to teach elementary mathematics and science were measured. The confidence scores of subjects in different math anxiety groups were compared and the relationships between their math anxiety levels and confidence levels to teach mathematics and science were…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Self Efficacy, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Anxiety
Mathematics and Science Teachers' Use of and Confidence in Empirical Reasoning: Implications for STEM Teacher Preparation
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Wasserman, Nicholas H.; Rossi, Dara – School Science and Mathematics, 2015
The recent trend to unite mathematically related disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) under the broader umbrella of STEM education has advantages. In this new educational context of integration, however, STEM teachers need to be able to distinguish between sufficient proof and reasoning across different disciplines,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Education, Thinking Skills