The purpose of the Teacher Efficacy Scale is to measure teachers’ attitude towards working with students. There are two versions of the scale – the long form (Gibson and Dembo, 1984) and the short form (Hoy, W.K. & Woolfolk, 1993). These are designed to take a sample from four broad areas that are said to play important roles in teacher effectiveness: alignment, inclusivity, organization, and efficacy.
Authors
Gibson & Dembo, 1984
Hoy & Woolfork, 1993
Validity and Reliability
In order to analyze the instrument, a study was conducted on the TES whereby 20 respondents (20% of original participants) were drawn randomly from the original participants and were given a duplicate survey approximately two to four weeks after the initial survey was completed. Upon completion of the duplicate survey, a response rate of 80% was calculated.
For information on the validity of the Teachers’ Sense of Teacher Efficacy scale, see the study conducted to assess for construct validity (Tschannen-Moran, M., & Woolfolk Hoy, A., 2001).
Obtaining a Copy:
http://people.ehe.ohio-state.edu/ahoy/research/instruments
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