Predictive effects of domain-specific epistemological beliefs of preservice teachers on their importance ratings for general pedagogical knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. Research data of an experimental study.

Research Questions/Hypotheses:

Research Design:

Experimental Design, Repeated Measurement Design, Field Experiment; single measurement

Measurement Instruments/Apparatus:

In existing courses (group size approx. 30), the trainee teachers were introduced to the survey by trained test administrators for approx. 7 min using a test administration manual. This was followed by the processing of the test booklet, which contained the within-person factor.
An instrument for the assessment of Connotative Aspects of Epistemological Beliefs (CAEB; Stahl & Bromme, 2007) and the questionnaire for the assessment of the developmental level of epistemological beliefs (FREE; Krettenauer, 2005) were used. Using the CAEB, 17 pairs of adjectives were used to assess the knowledge conveyed in the pedagogy sessions or in the previously queried favorite subject (17 items each; example: stable vs unstable; 7-point scale). On the basis of the FREE, 3 typical opinions were presented on each of 9 controversial issues in the field of education (the school system’s structure, the abolition of the Hauptschule, cooperative learning, numerical grades, the development of interests, declining/increasing levels of intelligence, inclusion, the need to remain seated, open instruction), for which the subjects were able to indicate their level of agreement on a 6-point Likert scale and select which one corresponded most closely to their own opinion.
Finally, self-assessments were made on 8 of the 11 educational standards of the KMK and the extent to which the knowledge acquired in the pedagogical subject sessions or subject sessions is significant for their acquisition was surveyed (4-level scale). Further information on the methodological procedure can be found in Merk, Cramer & Bohl (2016).

Data Collection Method:

Data collection in the presence of an experimenter

• Group Administration
• Paper and Pencil

Population:

Preservice teachers for academic track schools

Survey Time Period:

2012-12-03 14:00-15:00 (group 1)
2012-12-03 15:45-16:45 (group 2)
2012-12-03 14:00-15:00 (group 1)
2012-12-03 15:45-16:45 (group 2)
2012-12-05 08:00-09:00 (group 3, group 4)
2012-12-05 09:45-10:45 (group 5, group 6)
2012-12-05 09:45-10:45 (group7, group 8)
2012-12-05 11:30-12:30 (group 9, group 10)
2012-12-05 14:00-15:00 (group 11, group 12)
2012-12-05 15:45-16:45 (group 13, group 14)

Sample:

Convenience sample

Gender Distribution:

Age Distribution:

Spatial Coverage (Country/Region/City): Germany/Baden-Württemberg/Tübingen

Subject Recruitment:

Announcement by lecturers

Sample Size:

198 individuals

Return/Drop Out:

Corresponds to 94% exploitation rate of the site.