A Scale to Measure Teachers' Self-Efficacy in Deaf-Blindness Education

Autor/in	Hartmann, Elizabeth
Titel	A Scale to Measure Teachers' Self-Efficacy in Deaf-Blindness Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 106 (2012) 11, S.728-738 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-482X
Schlagwörter	Deaf Blind; Special Education Teachers; Self Efficacy; Teacher Effectiveness; Measures (Individuals); Likert Scales; Item Response Theory; Goodness of Fit; Test Reliability; Test Validity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrfach Behinderter; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Messdaten; Likert-Skala; Item-Response-Theorie; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität
Abstract	Introduction: The Teacher Efficacy in Deafblindness Education Scale (TEDE) was developed to expand the construct of self-efficacy to teach children with deaf-blindness. Methods: Eighty-seven special educators in the United States were asked to rate their confidence to perform a variety of tasks that are associated with teaching children who are deaf-blind on 36 Likert-type items and to respond to open-ended questions on teaching children who are deaf-blind. Results: Analyses based on item response modeling indicated strong internal consistency and split-half reliability coefficients. Construct modeling indicated good respondent and item fit. Discussion: The study provides evidence of the validity of a construct of teacher self-efficacy to teach children with deaf-blindness. Suggestions for future iterations of the TEDE were offered in addition to suggestions for future research on self-efficacy in teaching children with deaf-blindness. Implications for practitioners: The development of the TEDE and the analysis of its scores can help educators to understand self-efficacy and its importance in supporting students with deaf-blindness. Practitioners who provide technical service to teachers of students with deaf-blindness may find value in the construct of self-efficacy and the TEDE as a tool to measure it. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10