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Development of an instrument to measure preschool teachers´beliefs in inquiry-based activities

  1. TitleDevelopment of an instrument to measure preschool teachers´beliefs in inquiry-based activities
    Author infoPeter Gavora, Adriana Wiegerová
    Author Gavora Peter (50%)
    Co-authors Wiegerová Adriana (50%)
    Source document Journal of Baltic Science Education. Vol. 18, no. 4 (2019), pp. 558-568. - Šiauliai : Scientia Socialis, 2019
    NoteThis research was supported by a grant from the Development of Organisation´s Research Excellence (RVO), Tomas Bata University.
    Keywords bádateľské aktivity - inquiry-based activities   analysis of development   učitelia materských škôl - predškolskí učitelia - preschool teachers - kindergarten teachers  
    Form. Descr.články - journal articles
    LanguageEnglish
    CountryLithuania
    AnnotationProfessional beliefs is an important factor that influences activities that preschool teachers organize and manage in the classroom. In order to determine how strong these beliefs are, valid and reliable instruments must be at disposal. This research aimed to develop and validate DPBA, an instrument designed to measure teachers' beliefs toward the use of inquiry-based activities in preschool classes. A sample of 1,004 Czech preschool teachers was used to obtain the validation data. From the initial set of 40 items, a final version of DPBA with 22 items was created in a series of analyses. Principal component and maximum likelihood methods with Varimax rotation were used to extract an appropriate scale structure. DPBA is composed of three subscales, Benefits (12 items), Teacher competence (6 items) and Concerns (4 items), which have reliabilities of .906;.847 and .729, respectively. The overall reliability of the instrument is .883. Consistently high reliability coefficients were obtain
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    Public work category ADM
    No. of Archival CopyE4180
    Catal.org.BB301 - Univerzitná knižnica Univerzity Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici
    Databasexpca - PUBLIKAČNÁ ČINNOSŤ
    ReferencesPERIODIKÁ-Súborný záznam periodika
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