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| Article Name : | | | EXAMINING THE PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE SCIENCE TEACHING EFFICACY BELIEFS INSTRUMENT AMONG NIGERIAN PRESERVICE BASIC SCIENCE TEACHERS | | Author Name : | | | LOVE M. NNEJI | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2441 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | This study investigated the psychometric properties of the science teaching efficacy beliefs instrument in a sample of 340 Nigerian preservice basic science teachers from three different universities within the blueprint of a survey research design. Responses of the participants to the Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument (STEBI-B) were analysed using the classical test theory involving the principal components extraction with orthogonal rotation and this supported the factor structure of the science teaching efficacy beliefs in the collectivist culture context. The result of two-factor model is in agreement with those from previous studies and the two factors accounted for 47.32% of the total variance. The findings suggest that science teaching efficacy beliefs construct as measured by STEBI-B, appears to be culturally and contextually invariant. Future research in Nigeria should focus on confirming higher order factor structure findings (e.g., confirmatory factor analysis), to assess the stability of these factors across different samples and groups within science education settings. | | Keywords : | | |
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