The extent to which principals (n=313), supervisors (n=273), and teachers (n=313) agreed in their assessments of classroom teachers' testing proficiencies was studied in the Ohio public schools. There were 122 elementary and 191 secondary school teachers in the teacher sample. The validity of these perceptions was determined by a direct assessment…

This study analyzed data from teachers (personal characteristics, basic skills, concerns, locus of control, and academic achievement) from the beginning of preservice preparation through the fifth teaching year. Results found developmental changes in concerns about teaching over time, indicating relationships between changes in teaching concerns…

The transition of teacher candidates into the teaching profession is often perceived to be particularly traumatic. This study was designed: (1) to ascertain whether or not 61 beginning elementary and secondary classroom teachers who responded on 2 occasions to the same work expectations scale changed job entry expectations between completion of…

Investigated relationships between personal and academic attributes of and affective differences between 1985 and 1991 teacher candidates. Significant differences existed between concerns and anxieties about teaching and confidence about becoming teachers. Relationships existed between affective characteristics and gender, planned level of…

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.…

Studied whether differences exist among academic, affective, and personal characteristics of teacher education persisters and nonpersisters in a longitudinal sample of 550 education majors. Five years later, 65% had persisted through teacher training. Factors predicting persistence (i.e., higher college grade point average and positive attitude…

This study examined whether 540 teacher candidates who failed to or who successfully made the transition into teaching 7 years after commencement of teacher preparation differed in anxiety about teaching, attitude toward a teaching career, and self-perceived effectiveness as future teachers. At the beginning of teacher preparation in 1985,…

The purpose of the study described here was to determine the extent to which student teachers' performance, as assessed by their university supervisors, could be predicted from the following sets of measurements: (1) high school and college academic performance indexes; (2) self-reported attitudes, anxieties, and concerns about teaching; and (3)…

A longitudinal sample of 242 predominantly white teacher candidates was studied to identify possible relationships between the candidates' academic abilities, the degree of their success in making the transition from student to teacher, and their development of concerns about teaching during teacher preparation as hypothesized by Fuller's model of…