Measuring Teachers’ Beliefs Quantitatively: Criticizing the Use of Likert Scale and Offering a New Approach

Author:   Safrudiannur
Publisher:   Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
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9783658300227


Pages:   163
Publication Date:   07 April 2020
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The use of Likert scale instruments for measuring teachers’ beliefs is criticized because of amplifying social desirability, reducing the willingness to make differentiations, and often providing less or no contexts. Those weaknesses may distort teachers’ responses to a Likert scale instrument, causing inconsistencies between their responses and their actions. Therefore, the author offers an alternative approach by employing rank-then-rate items and considering students’ abilities as one of the factors affecting teachers’ beliefs. The results confirm that the offered approach may give a better prediction about teachers’ beliefs than does a Likert scale instrument.

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Author:   Safrudiannur
Publisher:   Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Imprint:   Springer Spektrum
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783658300227


ISBN 10:   3658300221
Pages:   163
Publication Date:   07 April 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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The Relationship Between Teachers’ Beliefs and Their Practices.- Measuring Teachers’ Beliefs and Some Problems in the Measurements.

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Safrudiannur is a researcher and lecturer in the field of mathematics education at the Mulawarman University, Indonesia. From 2015 to 2020, he was a research fellow at the University of Cologne in Germany.

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