The Development of an Instrument for Assessing Pre-Service Teachers' and Graduates' Perceptions of the Physics Education Curriculum (PPEC)
This study describes the development of an instrument to evaluate pre-service teachers’ and graduates’ perceptions of the physics education curriculum in Indonesian higher education institutions in four categories namely, (1) approaches to teaching physics (AT), (2) the aims and objectives of the ph...
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| author | Maison Treagust, David |
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| description | This study describes the development of an instrument to evaluate pre-service teachers’ and graduates’ perceptions of the physics education curriculum in Indonesian higher education institutions in four categories namely, (1) approaches to teaching physics (AT), (2) the aims and objectives of the physics education curriculum (AO),(3) interest in physics (IP), and (4) approaches to learning physics (AL). The Perceptions of the Physics Education Curriculum (PPEC) questionnaire, consisting of 47 items, was administered to 287 pre-service teachers and graduates from two universities, who varied in grades, sex, and achievement level. Based on item-scale correlations and factor analysis, nine items were removed. The rotated factor matrix, using varimax rotation, supported the four-scale structure of the final version of the 38-item PPEC questionnaire. The four categories had high Cronbach’s alpha values ranging from 0.75-0.84. These results confirmed that the instrument has satisfactory reliability, statistical validity and a good factor structure. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-368352017-03-08T13:18:59Z The Development of an Instrument for Assessing Pre-Service Teachers' and Graduates' Perceptions of the Physics Education Curriculum (PPEC) Maison Treagust, David Staff at RECSAM/SEAMEO perceptions physics education curriculum pre-service teachers This study describes the development of an instrument to evaluate pre-service teachers’ and graduates’ perceptions of the physics education curriculum in Indonesian higher education institutions in four categories namely, (1) approaches to teaching physics (AT), (2) the aims and objectives of the physics education curriculum (AO),(3) interest in physics (IP), and (4) approaches to learning physics (AL). The Perceptions of the Physics Education Curriculum (PPEC) questionnaire, consisting of 47 items, was administered to 287 pre-service teachers and graduates from two universities, who varied in grades, sex, and achievement level. Based on item-scale correlations and factor analysis, nine items were removed. The rotated factor matrix, using varimax rotation, supported the four-scale structure of the final version of the 38-item PPEC questionnaire. The four categories had high Cronbach’s alpha values ranging from 0.75-0.84. These results confirmed that the instrument has satisfactory reliability, statistical validity and a good factor structure. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36835 SEAMEO RECSAM restricted |
| spellingShingle | perceptions physics education curriculum pre-service teachers Maison Treagust, David The Development of an Instrument for Assessing Pre-Service Teachers' and Graduates' Perceptions of the Physics Education Curriculum (PPEC) |
| title | The Development of an Instrument for Assessing Pre-Service Teachers' and Graduates' Perceptions of the Physics Education Curriculum (PPEC) |
| title_full | The Development of an Instrument for Assessing Pre-Service Teachers' and Graduates' Perceptions of the Physics Education Curriculum (PPEC) |
| title_fullStr | The Development of an Instrument for Assessing Pre-Service Teachers' and Graduates' Perceptions of the Physics Education Curriculum (PPEC) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Development of an Instrument for Assessing Pre-Service Teachers' and Graduates' Perceptions of the Physics Education Curriculum (PPEC) |
| title_short | The Development of an Instrument for Assessing Pre-Service Teachers' and Graduates' Perceptions of the Physics Education Curriculum (PPEC) |
| title_sort | development of an instrument for assessing pre-service teachers' and graduates' perceptions of the physics education curriculum (ppec) |
| topic | perceptions physics education curriculum pre-service teachers |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36835 |