A Longitudinal Study of Preservice to Inservice Teacher Efficacy
Conference Tracks
Assessment and SoTL - Research
Abstract
Inservice teachers, participants in a preservice study were revisited to determine if changes in their mathematics teaching self-efficacy and their perceptions toward their mathematical skills and abilities to effectively teach mathematics had changed after 5 years teaching experience. The mixed methods approach revealed an inconsistency in teachers’ mathematical teaching efficacy and teaching self-efficacy, particularly as it pertains to their mathematics confidence to teach mathematics effectively. Results have implications for teacher education programs concerning the continued professional support of teachers, measurement of mathematics teacher efficacy and teacher efficacy and the determination of specific contexts in which these constructs can be interpreted.
Session Format
Research Brief and Reflection Panels
1
Location
Scarbrough Three
Recommended Citation
Gresham, Gina Dr., "A Longitudinal Study of Preservice to Inservice Teacher Efficacy" (2020). SoTL Commons Conference. 53.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2020/53
A Longitudinal Study of Preservice to Inservice Teacher Efficacy
Scarbrough Three
Inservice teachers, participants in a preservice study were revisited to determine if changes in their mathematics teaching self-efficacy and their perceptions toward their mathematical skills and abilities to effectively teach mathematics had changed after 5 years teaching experience. The mixed methods approach revealed an inconsistency in teachers’ mathematical teaching efficacy and teaching self-efficacy, particularly as it pertains to their mathematics confidence to teach mathematics effectively. Results have implications for teacher education programs concerning the continued professional support of teachers, measurement of mathematics teacher efficacy and teacher efficacy and the determination of specific contexts in which these constructs can be interpreted.
