Self Efficacy Attitude and Science Knowledge

2005-01-01
This study examined Turkish preservice elementary teachers' science knowledge level, attitude toward science teaching and their efficacy beliefs regarding science teaching. In addition, the contribution of science knowledge level and attitudes toward science teaching on preservice elementary teachers' efficacy beliefs was investigated. Findings indicated that participants had moderate sense of self-efficacy beliefs, attitudes and low level of science knowledge. Results also showed that science knowledge level and attitude towards science teaching each made a statistically significant contribution to the variation in participants' efficacy beliefs.
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Citation Formats
H. Sarıkaya, J. Çakıroğlu, and C. Öztekin, “Self Efficacy Attitude and Science Knowledge,” Academic Exchange Quarterly, pp. 38–42, 2005, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/84897.