The development of a self-efficacy scale for mathematical modeling competencies

AKYÜZ, DİDEM; Guzeller, Cem Oktay; Koyuncu, İlhan

The development of a self-efficacy scale for mathematical modeling competencies

İlhan KOYUNCU, (Hacettepe University, Department of Educational Sciences, Measurement and Evaluation in Education, Turkey, Ankara.)

Cem Oktay GÜZELLER, (Hacettepe University, Department of Educational Sciences, Measurement and Evaluation in Education, Turkey, Ankara.)

DİDEM AKYÜZ (Middle East Technical University. Department of Elementary Education, Turkey, Ankara.)

International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education

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Yıl: 2017 Cilt: 4 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 19 - 36 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

The development of a self-efficacy scale for mathematical modeling competencies

Öz:

Mathematical modeling has come into prominence during the last few decades in many countries’ mathematics teaching curricula. It combines real life situations with mathematical context. Although evaluating students’ mathematical modeling performances with a unique Likert type instrument is questionable, having an instrument about their self-efficacy beliefs in mathematical modeling may help to comment about their ideas related to their competencies in mathematical modeling. The purpose of this study is to develop a reliable and valid measurement scale to determine mathematical modeling self-efficacy of mathematics teacher candidates. For this purpose, the draft and final form of the scale were applied to a total of 562 pre-service elementary mathematics teachers from various public universities in Turkey. The findings of study revealed that the scale is unidimensional according to the results of exploratory factor analysis. The unidimensionality of the scale was validated by confirmatory factor analysis. The reliability of mathematical modeling self-efficacy scale was very high (.97). Finally, it was found that this scale is an appropriate measurement tool to evaluate students’ selfefficacy beliefs on their mathematical modeling competencies. Some suggestions related to the scale and for further studies were given at the end

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Konular: Eğitim, Eğitim Araştırmaları

Belge Türü: Makale Makale Türü: Araştırma Makalesi Erişim Türü: Erişime Açık

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APA	Koyuncu İ, Guzeller C, AKYÜZ D (2017). The development of a self-efficacy scale for mathematical modeling competencies. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 4(1), 19 - 36.
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