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Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 19, Issue 2, Article 17 (Dec., 2018) |
The translated Arabic version of the instrument (A-STEBI-B) that passed the process of content validity (via back translation check) were administered to a representative sample of (168) Jordanian prospective elementary school science teachers enrolled in the Hashemite University classroom teacher preparation program.
Research Instrument (STEBI-B) and the Five Criteria Questionnaire
The STEBI-B, which is the source of the Arabic version of science teacher efficacy belief instrument (A-STEBI-B) measures two dimensions of prospective teachers' self-efficacy beliefs about science teaching: personal science teaching efficacy (13 items), and science teaching outcome expectancy (10 items).
A five-criteria questionnaire was used in this study to support the construct validity of the STEBI-B. The criteria were chosen on the basis of the literature review, specifically, the five-criteria questionnaire used by Enochs and Riggs (1990) in their validation study of the STEBI-B. These criteria were: the number of college science courses taken, the number of high school science courses taken, prospective teachers' choice of teaching science, prospective teachers' use of activity-based or inquiry based instruction, and prospective teachers' self-rating of their science teaching.
