Articles: Self-efficacy
and Alternative Conceptions of Science of Pre-Service Elementary Teachers
Article Name: Self-efficacy
and Alternative Conceptions of Science of Pre-Service Elementary Teachers
Journal: Science Education
Authors: Schoon, Kenneth J.; Boone, William J.
Date: 1998
The purpose of this study was to discover what conceptions are held by pre-service
elementary teachers, to determine the relationship between science teaching
efficacy and the number of alternative conceptions held, and to determine
the relationship between science teaching efficacy and the holding of specific
alternative conceptions.