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Franklin S. Allaire; J. Patrick King; Anne C. Frenzel – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2024
Research and national surveys show that deficiencies in elementary science teaching preparation are frustratingly persistent. Understanding positive and negative emotions as they relate to planning and teaching science is relevant for both the well-being of teachers and the quality of their teaching. There needs to be more empirical evidence on…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Elementary School Science
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Singh, Mamta – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2022
The study assessed the science teaching confidence of preservice teachers in teaching elementary science by addressing two research questions: (1) Did preservice teachers understand the science concepts well enough to be effective in teaching elementary science content? (2) Did preservice teachers have the necessary science concepts and skills to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Science Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Scientific Concepts
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Park, Mihwa; Flores, Raymond – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to develop a questionnaire to measure elementary preservice teachers' emotions about teaching science and mathematics. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire, Teacher Emotion for teaching Science and Mathematics (TESaM), was designed and pilot and field tested with a sample of preservice elementary teachers in the…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Affective Measures, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Chen, Weiyun; Hendricks, Kristin; Zhu, Weimo – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to design and validate the Basketball Offensive Game Performance Instrument (BOGPI) that assesses an individual player's offensive game performance competency in basketball. Twelve physical education teacher education (PETE) students playing two 10-minute, 3 vs. 3 basketball games were videotaped at end of a…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Team Sports, Competence, Physical Education
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Naizer, Gilbert L. – Action in Teacher Education, 1997
This study evaluated the validity and reliability of performance portfolios in a preservice elementary mathematics/science methods class, assessing students' domain-strategic and general-learning strategic knowledge. Results supported performance portfolios as a valid method of assessing desired abilities of preservice teachers that can be…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Mathematics Education
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Cannon, John R. – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 1995
Reports on a study undertaken to validate the practicality of using the Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (Perceived Form) (CLES) in a preservice elementary science methods course. Suggestions are made to potentially revise the CLES for more accurate measures in college classrooms. (LZ)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Course Evaluation, Elementary Education
Riggs, Iris M.; And Others – 1992
The predictive validities of criteria for entrance into a teacher education program were studied, based on the hypothesis that criterion specificity is positively related to the predictive validity of the selection measure. Subjects (N=512) were drawn from approximately 1,200 students in the teacher education program of a small California state…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Correlation