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:: Volume 8, Issue 3 (July-August 2015) ::
Educ Strategy Med Sci 2015, 8(3): 171-178 Back to browse issues page
Validation of Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Questionnaire in Regard to the Teaching of Sciences Course as Inquiry
Shirbagi N1 , Rezaei K2 , Zandi K 3
1- Education Department, Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
2- Education Department, Humanities Faculty, Shahr-e-rey Branch, Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, Iran
3- Education Department, Literature and Humanities Faculty, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran , zandikhalil@yahoo.com
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Aims: Experimental Sciences course can have a significant role in improving the thinking and problem solving skills among students. So having teachers with high feeling of self-efficacy in teaching science using new methods is very important. The purpose of this study was to validate the questionnaire of teachers’ self-efficacy regarding the teaching of sciences as inquiry.
Instrument & Methods: This descriptive-survey cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014. 303 primary school teachers of sciences in Sanandaj City, Iran, were selected through random cluster sampling method. The research instrument was the questionnaire of teachers’ self-efficacy regarding the teaching of sciences as an inquiry (Dira-Smolleck). Confirmatory factor analysis was used to investigate the construct validity, Cronbach's alpha coefficient and split-half technique through Spearman correlation coefficient were used to determine the reliability of the questionnaire. In order to assess the self-efficacy of teachers, one-sample T test was used.
Findings: The factorial structure of teachers’ self-efficacy questionnaire in regard to the teaching of sciences as inquiry consisted of 34 items and five dimensions of self-efficacy in learner’s engagement with scientifically oriented questions learner gives priority to evidence in responding to questions learner formulates explanations from evidence learner connects explanations to scientific knowledge learner communicates and justifies explanations was confirmed. The reliability of questionnaire was also confirmed as a whole and in terms of five dimensions. Teachers’ self-efficacy in regard to the teaching of sciences as inquiry was at an average level.
Conclusion: The questionnaire of teachers’ self-efficacy regarding the teaching of sciences as inquiry is operational in Iran.

Keywords: Self-Efficacy [MeSH], Students [MeSH], Psychometrics [MeSH]
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Article Type: Original Research | Subject: New Methods of Teaching in Medical Sciences
Received: 2015/05/23 | Accepted: 2015/08/18 | Published: 2015/08/19
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