An Examination of Students ’ Perceptions of Goal Orientation in the Classroom and Teachers ’ Beliefs About Intelligence and Teacher Efficacy
Year: 2006
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine secondary-level social science teachers’ reported implicit beliefs about intelligence as measured by Dweck’s Theories of Intelligence Survey, and teachers ’ levels of efficacy as measured by Gibson and Dembo’s Teacher Efficacy Survey, in relation to their students ’ perception of goal orientation in the classroom as measured by Midgley’s PALS Survey in the classroom. In addition, this study examined the relationship of students ’ gender and self-perceptions of ability to self reported classroom goal orientation. Participants in this study were high school social science teachers teaching in 17 schools in northeast Kansas (N = 63), and their students enrolled in social science classes (N = 1,214). The survey instruments were administered during the Spring 2006 semester during regularly scheduled courses. Data were analyzed using Pearson product-moment correlations, multiple regression, and other statistical techniques. A statistical level of p <.05 was used for all tests conducted. Five statistical tests were conducted. Three of the statistical tests utilized the
Author: Mary Catherine Siebert
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1488507825