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Pigge, Fred L.; Marso, Ronald N. – Journal of Educational Research, 1987
This study investigated changes in students' anxiety, attitude, concerns, and confidence about becoming a teacher during preservice teacher education and looked at whether these changes were related to selected student characteristics. Subjects were three groups of 581 students at three stages of teacher preparation. Findings are discussed.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Self Esteem
Pigge, Fred L.; Marso, Ronald N. – 1986
The purpose of this study was to investigate changes during teacher training in students' anxiety, attitude, concerns, and confidence about becoming a teacher and the relationships between these changes and selected student characteristics. The subjects were comprised of three groups of students (N-581) at three stages of their teacher…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attitude Change, Education Majors, Preservice Teacher Education
Pigge, Fred L.; Marso, Ronald N. – 1989
This study sought to determine whether or not teacher training had a predictable impact upon the affective attributes of prospective teachers. Measures of anxiety, attitude, concerns, and confidence about teaching were administered to a sample of 153 prospective teachers before and after their student teaching experience. It was found that as…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Anxiety, Higher Education
Pigge, Fred L.; Marso, Ronald N. – 1987
This study was designed to investigate relationships between selected teacher characteristics and changes in attitudes and concerns toward teaching during preservice training and the first five years of inservice teaching. Six groups of subjects (N=1,193) were used in the study; three groups of prospective teachers at various stages of preservice…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction
Marso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – 1990
This study identified changes in prospective teachers' (N=153) concerns about teaching as they progressed through teacher training, and investigated the relationship between these changes and the prospective teachers' Myers-Briggs personality preferences, Rotter's locus of control orientation, and selected personal attributes. It was found that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Individual Development, Locus of Control, Longitudinal Studies
Pigge, Fred L.; Marso, Ronald N. – 1990
In an effort to provide a better understanding of the possible impact of teacher training upon aspiring teachers, this study was designed to ascertain whether prospective teachers' longitudinal changes in attitude, anxiety, and confidence about teaching were related to, or possibly influenced by, their locus-of-control orientation, personality…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Anxiety, Attitude Change, Higher Education
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Marso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1997
This study compared the affective attributes of 1990's preservice teachers with those of 1980's preservice teachers. Surveys examined concerns, teaching attitudes, teaching anxiety, confidence, and academic ability. The 1990's students were as academically capable as their 1980's counterparts, with similar or more desirable affective attributes.…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Anxiety, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change