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Pre-Service Teacher Beliefs about Student Motivation

Shalter Bruening, Paige
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275444054

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2010, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, EDU Policy and Leadership.
Student motivation is an important topic in teacher education and educational psychology. Although there is considerable research on what influences student motivation there seems to be a disconnect between theory and practice. One potential reason for this disconnect may be due to underlying beliefs about motivation. This dissertation attempts to uncover what pre-service teachers believe about student motivation throughout a teacher education program using the newly designed Teacher Beliefs about Student Motivation survey. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted in order to create a reliable survey that was used to perform a two-factor multivariate analysis of a multivariate case. Time was used as the repeated factor and level of intended licensure was used as the non-repeated/grouping factor. Significant differences emerged as a result of level on the mastery sub-scale and as a result of time on the how teachers motivate and individual characteristics sub-scales. No significant differences emerged as a result of the interaction of time and level. These findings add to stage-environment fit theory research, suggesting that differences between elementary, middle, and high school teachers may exist at the pre-service level. This study also supports conceptual change literature and provides insights for teacher educators when presenting motivational research to pre-service teachers.
Dr. Lynley H. Anderman, PhD (Advisor)
Dr. Robert R. Hite, PhD (Committee Member)
Dr. Richard G. Lomax, PhD (Committee Member)
Dr. Anita Woolfolk Hoy, PhD (Committee Member)
185 p.
Educational Psychology
teacher beliefs; motivation

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  • Shalter Bruening, P. (2010). Pre-Service Teacher Beliefs about Student Motivation [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275444054

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Shalter Bruening, Paige. Pre-Service Teacher Beliefs about Student Motivation. 2010. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275444054.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Shalter Bruening, Paige. "Pre-Service Teacher Beliefs about Student Motivation." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275444054

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