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


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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

Abstract

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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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Educational Studies
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.5296/jse.v5i1.6802
Publisher: Macrothink Institute
Keywords: Teacher efficacy; Validity; Reliability; SEM; Malaysia
Depositing User: Ms. Nida Hidayati Ghazali
Date Deposited: 21 Feb 2018 05:55
Last Modified: 21 Feb 2018 06:39
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46714
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