Teachers' Sense of Efficacy: A Self- or Norm-Referenced Construct?

Autor/inn/en	Ashton, Patricia; und weitere
Titel	Teachers' Sense of Efficacy: A Self- or Norm-Referenced Construct?
Quelle	In: Florida Journal of Educational Research, 26 (1984) 1, S.29-41 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Higher Education; Measures (Individuals); Performance Factors; Psychological Characteristics; Self Concept Measures; Self Efficacy; Social Desirability; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Education; Teacher Effectiveness; Marlowe Crowne Social Desirability Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Messdaten; Leistungsindikator; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Soziales Bedürfnis; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	Two approaches to the measurement of teacher efficacy were investigated to determine whether teachers' sense of self-efficacy is a self-referenced or norm-referenced construct. Two forms of an instrument consisting of 25 teaching problem situations were developed: one required self-referenced responses, while the other required norm-referenced responses. The two forms were randomly distributed to 65 classroom teachers enrolled in graduate classes at the University of Florida (Gainesville). In addition, two items measuring teacher efficacy from a Rand Corporation study and the Marlowe-Crowne Scale of Social Desirability were administered. Efficacy appears to be a norm-referenced, rather than a self-referenced, construct. Teachers appear to evaluate their effectiveness in terms of their performance in comparison to the performance of other teachers. Social desirability bias was a significant factor in the use of self-referenced vignettes. Three tables and one figure illustrate the study. (Author/SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC