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What Common Elementary Practices Impact Teacher Efficacy?, Staci Souhan
What Common Elementary Practices Impact Teacher Efficacy?, Staci Souhan
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations
Efficacy and its impact on student outcomes have often been researched. Specific practices within an elementary setting that impact teacher efficacy has not been widely researched. This research focused on gathering the perceptions of elementary teachers regarding which experiences had impacted their feelings of efficacy positively or negatively. This qualitative research followed a grounded theory process. Data collection methods involved gathering data from an email survey and following up with a focus group which allowed triangulation of data and findings. Participants from a midwestern suburban high-performing elementary school were selected for this research based on the assumption that high-performing schools …