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Exploring the Impact of TeachME™ Lab Virtual Classroom Teaching Simulation on Early Childhood Education Majors' Self-Efficacy Beliefs
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Bautista, Nazan Uludag; Boone, William J. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of a mixed-reality teaching environment, called TeachME™ Lab (TML), on early childhood education majors' science teaching self-efficacy beliefs. Sixty-two preservice early childhood teachers participated in the study. Analysis of the quantitative (STEBI-b) and qualitative (journal entries)…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Early Childhood Education, Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy
Assessing Scientific Practices Using Machine-Learning Methods: How Closely Do They Match Clinical Interview Performance?
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Beggrow, Elizabeth P.; Ha, Minsu; Nehm, Ross H.; Pearl, Dennis; Boone, William J. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2014
The landscape of science education is being transformed by the new "Framework for Science Education" (National Research Council, "A framework for K-12 science education: practices, crosscutting concepts, and core ideas." The National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2012), which emphasizes the centrality of scientific…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational Assessment, Artificial Intelligence, Open Source Technology
Evaluating Selected Perceptions of Science and Mathematics Teachers in an Alternative Certification Program
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Boone, William J.; Abell, Sandra K.; Volkmann, Mark J.; Arbaugh, Fran; Lannin, John K. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2011
In 2003 the University of Missouri (with the aid of US National Science Foundation funding) initiated an alternative certification program (CAP) to address the well-documented need in the US for increasing the quantity and quality of mathematics and science teachers for the middle and secondary levels. Nationwide current certification programs do…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, State Standards, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers
Using Rasch Theory to Guide the Practice of Survey Development and Survey Data Analysis in Science Education and to Inform Science Reform Efforts: An Exemplar Utilizing STEBI Self-Efficacy Data
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Boone, William J.; Townsend, J. Scott; Staver, John – Science Education, 2011
Over many decades, science education researchers have developed, validated, and used a wide range of attitudinal instruments. Data from such instruments have been analyzed, results have been published, and public policies have been influenced. Unfortunately, most science education instruments are not developed using a guiding theoretical…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational Research, Rating Scales, Surveys