ERIC Number: EJ1432880
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Aug
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0198-7429
EISSN: EISSN-2163-5307
Knowledge, Application, and Self-Efficacy in Implementing Behavior Management Strategies: A Brief Report on Preliminary Findings from Secondary Data
Stacy N. McGuire; Yan Xia; Hedda Meadan
Behavioral Disorders, v49 n4 p265-271 2024
Students with mental health needs, behavioral support needs, and/or emotional disturbance can engage in internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, or both. Preservice and induction phase elementary general education teachers are reported to have limited education in providing evidence-based behavior management strategies, especially for students who engage in internalizing and/or externalizing behaviors. There is little understanding as to the differences in elementary general education teachers' knowledge, application, and self-efficacy in applying evidence-based behavior management strategies between preservice teachers, first-year teachers, second-year teachers, and third-year teachers. The purpose of this preliminary secondary data analysis was to examine differences in U.S. elementary general education teacher knowledge, application, and self-efficacy in evidence-based behavior management strategies from preservice to induction phase teaching. Results indicated third-year teachers had significantly less behavior management knowledge than preservice teachers. All other results were nonsignificant; however, there were practical differences when comparing the four groups on the knowledge and application measures. Implications for findings indicate the need for induction programs to focus on evidence-based behavior management strategies to support the development of behavior management for induction phase elementary education teachers as they progress through their first 3 years of teaching.
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Knowledge Level, Behavior Modification, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances, Elementary Education, Evidence Based Practice, Preservice Teacher Education, Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Behavior, Teaching Experience
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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