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Alhamisi, Judy Carol – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2011
This study compares knowledge as measured by grade point averages and Praxis II scores between first-year special education teachers who completed one university's alternative teacher preparation program (ATTP) and those who completed the university's traditional teacher preparation program (TTPP). A total of 33 teachers, 15 from the ATTP and 18…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Alternative Teacher Certification
Weaver, Patricia – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examined beginning teachers' perceptions of self-efficacy and professional development while engaged in communities of practice. Wenger's research on communities of practice serves as the conceptual framework for this mixed method phenomenological study. Six beginning and tenured teachers were surveyed using the Ohio State Teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Pretests Posttests, Social Change