Development of self-efficacy scale regarding prospective pre-school teacher toward teaching mathematics

Ekinci Vural D., Cantürk Günhan B.

International Journal of Applied Engineering and Technology (London), cilt.1, sa.2, ss.43-51, 2019 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 1 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Dergi Adı: International Journal of Applied Engineering and Technology (London)
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.43-51
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Pre-school education, Prospective teachers, Self-efficacy, Teaching mathematics
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2019, Roman Science Publications and Distributions. All rights reserved.The purpose of this study is to develop a scale in order to determine the self-efficacy beliefs of the prospective teachers towards teaching mathematics, who are being educated in pre-school teacher program. After the scale was applied to 113 people for reliability and validity study, it was observed that items are gathered in three dimensions. These were named by researchers as “Preparing and Using Course Materials’', “Negative Self-Efficacy Perception” and “Positive Self-Efficacy Perception”. The reliability of the sub-dimensions was calculated respectively as. 87,. 80 and. 78. As a result of the factor analysis, the reliability of the scale that consists of 22 items, were calculated as. 89.