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Yesilyurt, Ezgi; Deniz, Hasan; Kaya, Erdogan – International Journal of STEM Education, 2021
Background: The Next Generation Science Standards (2013) put a special emphasis on engineering for K-12 science education. However, a significant number of elementary teachers still feel unprepared to integrate engineering into their science programs. It is, therefore, incumbent upon science educators to update their elementary science methods…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Self Efficacy, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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Kaya, Erdogan; Yesilyurt, Ezgi; Newley, Anna; Deniz, Hasan – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2019
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and Computer Science (CS) are the driving forces of the United States prosperity. While there is a high demand to close the gap in STEM+CS jobs, there is little research in K-12, especially in K-5 level. Elementary teachers lack of self-confidence in STEM+CS and there is limited number of teacher…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Intervention, Preservice Teachers
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Kaya, Erdogan; Newley, Anna; Yesilyurt, Ezgi; Deniz, Hasan – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2020
With the release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), assessing K-12 science teachers' self-efficacy in Computational Thinking (CT) is an important research gap to study. Bandura defines self-efficacy as awareness of the individual's potential and capabilities to accomplish a goal. Teaching efficacy beliefs is a significant identifier…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Computation, Self Efficacy, Preservice Teachers