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http://dx.doi.org/10.30807/ksms.2021.24.1.001

A Psychometric Analysis and Revision of the Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs Instrument Using the Rasch Model: Focusing on Personal Teaching Efficacy  

Hwang, Sunghwan (Seoul Gaju Elementary School)
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Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society / v.24, no.1, 2021 , pp. 1-18 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to examine the psychometric properties of the personal teaching efficacy of the Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs Instrument and revise the scale for the use of Korean elementary school teachers. Data were collected from 299 elementary teachers. A Rasch analysis was used to evaluate unidimensionality and appropriateness of category use and item difficulty levels. Moreover, person separation and reliability as well as item separation and reliability were examined using the revised scale. Results suggested that the original personal teaching efficacy scale (13 items with five categories) had several problems in its psychometric properties. Thus, we revised the scale into eight items with four categories. The follow-up analysis results showed the revised scale provided sufficient psychometric properties for measuring Korean elementary school teachers' self-efficacy beliefs for teaching mathematics. Limitations and implications of the study were also discussed.
Keywords
self-efficacy beliefs; Rasch analysis; Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs Instrument(MTEBI); personal teaching efficacy; elementary teachers;
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