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Direct linkBleicher, Robert E.; Lindgren, Joan – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2005
This study examined relationships between conceptual understanding, self-efficacy, and outcome expectancy beliefs as preservice teachers learned science in a constructivist-oriented methods class. Participants included 49 preservice elementary teachers. Analysis revealed that participants increased in self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Beliefs, Preservice Teachers, Constructivism (Learning)
