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ERIC Number: EJ735739
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Nov
Pages: 19
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1046-560X
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Assessment of Science Teaching Efficacy of Preservice Teachers in an Australian University
Mulholland, Judith; Dorman, Jeffrey P.; Odgers, Barbara M.
Journal of Science Teacher Education, v15 n4 p313-331 Nov 2004
Research investigating science teaching efficacy was conducted in 1 Australian university. A sample of 314 elementary preservice teachers responded to the Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument (STEBI; L. G. Enochs & I. M. Riggs, 1990), which assesses 2 teaching efficacy dimensions: Personal Science Teaching Efficacy Beliefs (PSTEB) and Science Teaching Outcome Expectancy (STOE). Confirmatory factor analysis substantiated this 2-factor structure. The use of this instrument revealed that the completion of 2 science teaching subjects within the preservice program had a significant effect on the PSTEB, but not the STOE. Similarly, the number of high school science subjects studied by these elementary preservice teachers had a significant effect on PSTEB, but not STOE. However, neither gender nor the particular high school science subjects studied by these elementary preservice teachers had a significant effect on either the PSTEB or the STOE.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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