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Publication Date: 2016
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Measuring Twenty-First Century Skills: Development and Validation of a Scale for In-Service and Pre-Service Teachers
Jia, Yueming; Oh, Youn Joo; Sibuma, Bernadette; LaBanca, Frank; Lorentson, Mhora
Teacher Development, v20 n2 p229-252 2016
A self-report scale that measures teachers' confidence in teaching students about twenty-first century skills was developed and validated with pre-service and in-service teachers. First, 16 items were created to measure teaching confidence in six areas: information literacy, collaboration, communication, innovation and creativity, problem solving, and responsible citizenship. Then, the items were tested in two groups of pre-service teachers and two groups of in-service teachers respectively. Exploratory factor analyses and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to examine the scale's validity and reliability. The analyses identified a three-construct scale including innovation and problem solving, collaboration, and utility of technology for pre-service teachers and a one-dimension scale, cross-functional skills, for in-service teachers. This study suggests that different scales should be used to measure in-service teachers' and pre-service teachers' confidence in teaching twenty-first century skills.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Inservice Education, Psychometrics, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Self Concept Measures, Test Construction, Program Validation, Skill Development, Teacher Competency Testing, Teacher Effectiveness, Factor Analysis, Item Analysis, Correlation, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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