SELF-EFFICACY BELIEF INSTRUMENT IN SCIENCE TEACHING

Dr.Fatma Hazır Bıkmaz Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences Department of Elementary Teaching fatma.bikmaz@education.ankara.edu.tr

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the validity and relability of elementary science teaching self-efficacy belief instrument version of preservice elementary teachers developed by Riggs and Enochs (1990) in Turkey conditions. With this purpose, the original scale was translate to Turkish and given ten experts to critics Turkish form in terms of language, content and measerument and evaluation, and required correction were made in respect of these suggestions. Both orijinal and Turkish form were administered to 24 preservice science teachers in METU in a period of one week and item equivalency was found.68. Afterwards, Turkish form was administered 279 students who are attended elementary school teacher education program from three different university in Turkey. Factor analysis results revealed that the Turkish version had two factor like the orijinal scale, but Turkish version of this scale consisted of 21 items.

Keywords
Self-efficacy belief, science teaching self-efficacy belief scale

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