Situating pre-service reading teachers as tutors: Implications of teacher self-efficacy on tutoring elementary students
Abstract
This research examined the impact of high teacher efficacy on tutoring elementary students in reading. The Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) was adapted to create a reading-specific teacher efficacy scale, which is referred to as the RTSES. This scale was used to investigate whether tutors with high efficacy used more reading strategies while teaching elementary students to read. The study also examined whether high efficacy was correlated with reading strategy use. Analyses of pre-test and post-test data showed that reading efficacy and strategy use were not correlated, and that tutors with high efficacy scores did not use a significantly higher number of reading strategies while tutoring than those with low efficacy scores. The findings suggest that pre-service teachers’ efficacy did not affect their reading strategy use while tutoring elementary students. There is a need for more research to further investigate the impact that high efficacy has on tutoring.
Reference
Haverback, H. R. (2009). Situating pre-service reading teachers as tutors: Implications of teacher self-efficacy on tutoring elementary students. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. 17(3), p.251-261. DOI: 10.1080/13611260903050171.
Journal
Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning
Analysis
Is this article part of a larger project or series of studies?
no
Does this study draw on a large, preexisting data set?
no
Research Approach
- Descriptive/Correlational
Geographic Setting
Institutional Context
Certification Level
- early childhood
- Elementary
Programatic Focus
- early childhood education
- Elementary
Research Location Context
- Elementary school
- Reading and language arts methods course
Preservice Participants
Preservice Sample Size
40
Duration of Data Collection
Data Sources
- Observations
- Structured Diaries
- Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) known as the Reading Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale (RTSES)
Data Analysis Tools
- Content analysis
- inter-coder reliability study
- Triangulation
Researcher Positionality
- inside (staying their own students)
Research Questions
"Do pre-service teachers who have higher efficacy beliefs use more strategies while tutoring?"
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes
"Is there a relation between reading teacher efficacy beliefs and reading strategy use?"
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes