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The validity and reliability of teacher efficacy revisited in Malaysia secondary schools

In the education arena, teachers are the front line education workforce who educate the young people and bring positive impact to the new generation in a country. The roles of the teacher are pertinent in ensuring the success of students in pursuing their tertiary level from their common primary and...

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Main Authors: Teh, Pei Ling, Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah, Asimiran, Soaib, Foo, Say Fooi
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Published: Macrothink Institute 2015
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spelling my.upm.eprints.467142018-02-21T06:39:18Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46714/ The validity and reliability of teacher efficacy revisited in Malaysia secondary schools Teh, Pei Ling Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah Asimiran, Soaib Foo, Say Fooi In the education arena, teachers are the front line education workforce who educate the young people and bring positive impact to the new generation in a country. The roles of the teacher are pertinent in ensuring the success of students in pursuing their tertiary level from their common primary and secondary school education. With a high teacher efficacy level, a teacher is committed to teach more effectively and efficiently (Coladarci, 2010). Teacher’s efficacy research has been widely conducted in various international education settings but it is still important to revisit the validity and reliability of teacher efficacy in Malaysia context. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to assess the uni-dimensionality, validity, reliability and fitness of teacher efficacy model. The teacher efficacy items have Cronbach’s alpha value greater than 0.70 for the reliability of three sub-constructs. The convergent and discriminant validity were also established as they fulfilled the criteria. Lastly, the teacher efficacy measurement model fulfilled the criteria for the goodness-of-fit in SEM and it is fit to embark to the structural modelling in SEM. Macrothink Institute 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46714/1/The%20validity%20and%20reliability%20of%20teacher%20efficacy%20revisited%20in%20Malaysia%20secondary%20schools.pdf Teh, Pei Ling and Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah and Asimiran, Soaib and Foo, Say Fooi (2015) The validity and reliability of teacher efficacy revisited in Malaysia secondary schools. Journal of Studies in Education, 5 (1). pp. 27-35. ISSN ESSN: 2162-6952 http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jse 10.5296/jse.v5i1.6802
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description In the education arena, teachers are the front line education workforce who educate the young people and bring positive impact to the new generation in a country. The roles of the teacher are pertinent in ensuring the success of students in pursuing their tertiary level from their common primary and secondary school education. With a high teacher efficacy level, a teacher is committed to teach more effectively and efficiently (Coladarci, 2010). Teacher’s efficacy research has been widely conducted in various international education settings but it is still important to revisit the validity and reliability of teacher efficacy in Malaysia context. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to assess the uni-dimensionality, validity, reliability and fitness of teacher efficacy model. The teacher efficacy items have Cronbach’s alpha value greater than 0.70 for the reliability of three sub-constructs. The convergent and discriminant validity were also established as they fulfilled the criteria. Lastly, the teacher efficacy measurement model fulfilled the criteria for the goodness-of-fit in SEM and it is fit to embark to the structural modelling in SEM.
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author Teh, Pei Ling
Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
Asimiran, Soaib
Foo, Say Fooi
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Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
Asimiran, Soaib
Foo, Say Fooi
The validity and reliability of teacher efficacy revisited in Malaysia secondary schools
author_facet Teh, Pei Ling
Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
Asimiran, Soaib
Foo, Say Fooi
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title The validity and reliability of teacher efficacy revisited in Malaysia secondary schools
title_short The validity and reliability of teacher efficacy revisited in Malaysia secondary schools
title_full The validity and reliability of teacher efficacy revisited in Malaysia secondary schools
title_fullStr The validity and reliability of teacher efficacy revisited in Malaysia secondary schools
title_full_unstemmed The validity and reliability of teacher efficacy revisited in Malaysia secondary schools
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publisher Macrothink Institute
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46714/1/The%20validity%20and%20reliability%20of%20teacher%20efficacy%20revisited%20in%20Malaysia%20secondary%20schools.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46714/
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