Within-teacher predictors of teacher efficacy

doi:10.1016/0742-051X(95)00046-M

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volume 12, Issue 4, July 1996, Pages 385-400

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Abstract

Previous research has represented teacher efficacy (TE) as a unitary disposition, despite theoretical arguments that TE is task specific. Experienced secondary teachers (N = 52) responded to a survey probing their feelings of personal efficacy toward teaching different classes (up to four per respondent). Teachers' performance expectancies varied among teaching assignments: within-teacher factors accounted for 21% of the variance in TE. The influence of within-teacher factors on TE was moderated by between-teacher variables (subject, experience, education, gender, preference for student-directed instruction and innovative assessment).

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Within-teacher predictors of teacher efficacy

Abstract

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Teaching and Teacher Education

Teaching and Teacher Education

Teaching and Teacher Education

Teaching and Teacher Education

Teaching and Teacher Education

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Alberta Journal of Educational Research

You don't have to be a teacher to teach this unit: Teaching, technology & control in the classroom

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Educational Psychologist

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Psychological Review

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An introduction to HLM: Computer program and user's guide

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