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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
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Bates, Alan B.; Latham, Nancy I.; Kim, Jin-ah – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2013
Eighty-nine early childhood pre-service teachers were asked to identify their specific fears towards mathematics and explain why they had those specific fears. The results showed that they possess a wide variety of fears towards mathematics including having a lack of confidence in their teaching ability, a lack of teaching methods, an inability to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Mathematics Instruction