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A Study of the Relationship Between Teacher Efficacy, Demographics, and Students' Achievements in Reading in United Arab Emirates
(2006) Francis, Lina G.
The current study examined the effects of teachers' sense of efficacy on students' reading achievement. Other demographic variables were studied as possible influential factors on teachers' sense of efficacy. Two separate questionnaires were completed by the supervisors and the teachers, respectively. The target sample were the foreign teachers (N=42), supervisors (N=3), and students (N=799) in two elementary private schools located in Dubai, United Arab Emirate. The reliability of the teacher efficacy scale was tested by Cronbach Alpha. One-way ANOVA tests, independent t-tests, and multiple regressions were used to test the hypotheses. Significant results showed that experienced teachers have higher sense of efficacy than novice teachers. Furthermore, results showed that the higher the teacher's efficacy: a) in student engagement, the higher the student's open ended score; b) in classroom management, the lower the student's score on comprehension; c) on the whole Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale, the higher the student’s scores on vocabulary and open ended sections. Finally, new directions for research were proposed.