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Johnson, Bradley W. – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2011
This report summarizes the personal epistemology and self-efficacy concepts and how they affect special education teachers. This report is based on the social cognitive theory, perceived and collective efficacy, and how the conceptual thoughts of a special education teacher affect their instructional focus in the classroom. Self-efficacy beliefs…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Self Efficacy, Special Education Teachers, Mastery Learning
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Evans, Brian R.; Leonard, Jacqueline; Krier, Kathleen; Ryan, Steve – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2013
Beliefs about teaching mathematics and urban students' ability to learn mathematics are often overlooked in the discourse on highly qualified teachers. Altering teacher experiences has the potential to change their beliefs. It was found in this qualitative case study that preservice teachers' beliefs about teaching mathematics to urban students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Urban Schools
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Tschannen-Moran, Megan; McMaster, Peggy – Elementary School Journal, 2009
This quasi-experimental study tested the potency of different sources of self-efficacy beliefs. Respondents were primary teachers (N = 93) in 9 schools who completed surveys of their self-efficacy beliefs and level of implementation of a new teaching strategy for beginning readers before and after participating in 1 of 4 formats of professional…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Faculty Development, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Komives, Susan R.; Longerbeam, Susan D.; Mainella, Felicia; Osteen, Laura; Owen, Julie E.; Wagner, Wendy – Journal of Leadership Education, 2009
The leadership identity development (LID) grounded theory (Komives, Owen, Longerbeam, Mainella, & Osteen, 2005) and related LID model (Komives, Longerbeam, Owen, Mainella, & Osteen, 2006) present a framework for understanding how individual college students develop the social identity of being collaborative, relational leaders…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Grounded Theory, Self Concept, Models
Whiting, Bryan; And Others – 1995
This study investigated the cognitive and affective student learning outcomes of 36 semesters (equivalent to 18 years) using the mastery learning approach in high school distributive education classes (n=7,179 students). Student achievement in the cognitive area is reported by increasing grade point averages, and test scores are presented to show…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
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Morgan, Kevin; Kingston, Kieran; Sproule, John – European Physical Education Review, 2005
This study investigated the effects of different teaching styles on the teaching behaviours that influence motivational climate and pupils' cognitive and affective responses in physical education. Four (two male, two female) initial teacher education (ITE) students and 92 pupils (47 boys, 45 girls), from two schools in the UK, participated in the…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Physical Education, Teaching Styles, Teacher Characteristics