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Elementary Science Teachers Perceived Self-Efficacy: A Correlational Study Between Teachers With Content And Non-Content Major Degrees In New Jersey, Tiffany R. Baskerville Aug 2023

Elementary Science Teachers Perceived Self-Efficacy: A Correlational Study Between Teachers With Content And Non-Content Major Degrees In New Jersey, Tiffany R. Baskerville

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This predictive, correlational study examines the relationship between undergraduate degree type, methods courses taken in undergraduate school, and the number of years teaching the same grade level and elementary science teachers’ perceived self-efficacy. In this non-experimental study, participants submitted their online responses to the 25-item survey, Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument (STEBI-A), and their demographic information via Google Forms. The researcher used multiple regression to analyze participants’ anonymous responses. In using a multiple linear regression analysis, the researcher examined the results of the STEBI-A to determine how accurately an elementary science teachers’ perceived self-efficacy is predicted by the predictor variable …