Development of an Instrument: Mentoring for Effective Primary Science Teaching

Autor/inn/en	Hudson, Peter; Skamp, Keith; Brooks, Lyndon
Titel	Development of an Instrument: Mentoring for Effective Primary Science Teaching
Quelle	In: Science Education, 89 (2005) 4, S.657-674 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8326
DOI	10.1002/sce.20025
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Test Reliability; Preservice Teachers; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Mentors; Science Teachers; Test Construction; Elementary School Teachers; Student Teacher Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Science Instruction; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Testreliabilität; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Testaufbau; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Ausland; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Australien
Abstract	Perceptions of mentors' practices related to primary science teaching from nine Australian universities (N = 331 final-year preservice teachers) were gathered through a literature-based instrument. Five factors that characterize effective mentoring practices in primary science teaching were supported by confirmatory factory analysis. These factors, namely, personal attributes, system requirements, pedagogical knowledge, modeling, and feedback, had Cronbach alpha coefficients of internal consistency reliability of 0.93, 0.76, 0.94, 0.95, and 0.92, respectively. Final model fit indexes were [chi][squared] = 1335, df = 513, CMIDF = 2.60, IFI = 0.922, CFI = 0.921, RMR = 0.066, RMSEA = 0.070 (p less than 0.001). Specific mentoring interventions for improving primary science teaching practices may be implemented by measuring preservice teachers' perceptions of their mentoring with a valid and reliable instrument. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10