A Stance toward Inquiry: An Investigation of Preservice Teachers' Confidence Regarding Educational Inquiry

While inquiry projects seem laudable, there has been little empirical evidence about their impact on helping PSTs develop a stance toward inquiry (Barnatt et al.). [...] we investigated PSTs' changes in their confidence related to a stance toward inquiry in their final, master's year prior...

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Published inTeacher education quarterly (Claremont, Calif.) Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 69 - 95
Main Authors Truxaw, Mary P., Casa, Tutita M., Adelson, Jill L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco California Council on Teacher Education 22.09.2011
Caddo Gap Press
Subjects
Comparative Analysis
Confidence
Correlation
Course Content
Decision-making
Educational Practices
Educational Research
Evidence
Exploratory Factor Analysis
Factor analysis
Field study
Inquiry
Likert Scales
Methods
No Child Left Behind Act 2001-US
Perceptual experiences
Practice
Preservice Teacher Education
Preservice Teachers
Pretests Posttests
Psychological aspects
R&D
Research & development
Research methods
Research skills
Self Efficacy
Social aspects
Student teachers
Surveys
Teacher centers
Teacher Education
Teacher Education Programs
Teacher Effectiveness
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching methods
Training
Values education
United States
New York
San Francisco California
Thousand Oaks California
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Summary:While inquiry projects seem laudable, there has been little empirical evidence about their impact on helping PSTs develop a stance toward inquiry (Barnatt et al.). [...] we investigated PSTs' changes in their confidence related to a stance toward inquiry in their final, master's year prior to and after completing an inquiry project. [...] it might be worthwhile to target PSTs who scored high in the factor representing confidence in using class- and school-level data to measure the impact of using these measures to improve instruction.
ISSN:0737-5328