Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Thompson, University of South Carolina; Joy Watson, University of South Carolina; Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

been widely used to measurethe Science teaching efficacy of various teacher groups. A modified version of the STEBI-B wasused in this study. STEBI-B pre and post-study results (25-item survey) were obtained for 23GK-12 Fellows (13 in 2007-8 and 10 in 2008-9). Pre and post focus group data were alsoanalyzed using qualitative data analysis techniques. The STEBI-B contains two subscales.Personal Science Teaching Efficacy (PSTE) which captures the construct of self-efficacy andScience Teaching Outcome Expectancy (STOE) which measures outcome expectancy regardingScience teaching and learning. A dependent t-test, using an alpha of .05, was computed for thetwo subscales to determine if there was a significant difference between the mean scores for