Overview of results of NGSS survey of teacher preparation slides from Gus Nollmeyer

1. NGSS Survey Results
HOW WELL DO OUR TP CLASSES PREPARE PRESERVICE TEACHERS
FOR THE NGSS?

2. What the Survey
DID DO
•Measured 5 latent variables (Science &
Engineering Practices, Crosscutting Concepts,
Teaching Disciplinary Core Ideas, Integration of
the Three Dimensions, and Best Practices in
Science Education) found to express the key
constructs of the NGSS framework
•Measured our level of confidence in how well
our primary STEM TP course prepares
preservice teachers for the NGSS
DID NOT DO
•Measure how our STEM TP courses prepare
preservice teachers for the CCSS
•Measure the totality of STEM TP needs

3. Participants & Reliability
21
8
3
5
3
0
5
10
15
20
25
Science Methods Science Content Other Science Math Methods Math Content
Participant by Course Category
N = 41
WWU = 13
EWU & Seattle Pacific =
10
Reliability, α = .928

4. What Did the Survey Tell Us?
•Strong in Teaching Disciplinary Core Ideas – overall we feel pretty good about how well
our courses are preparing preservice educators to teach the Disciplinary Core Ideas
•Weak in Crosscutting Concepts – overall we feel the least confidence with the
Crosscutting Concepts
•Correlation between Familiarity & Application – there appears to be a relationship
between how strongly we rate our personal understanding of the NGSS with how strongly we
believe our classes prepare preservice educators to teach from them

5. Strong in TDCI
5.37
4.82
4.67
5.14
4.8
0
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2
3
4
5
6
Science Methods Science Content Other Science Math Methods Math Content
Construct Grand-Means by Course Category SEP
TDCI
CC
ITD
BPSE

6. Weak in CC
4.31 4.38
4
3.4
1.83
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Science Methods Science Content Other Science Math Methods Math Content
Construct Grand-Means by Course Category SEP
TDCI
CC
ITD
BPSE

7. Correlation Between Familiarity and
Application
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2
3
4
5
6
SEP TDCI CC ITD BPSE
Construct Means by Familiarity
Not Familiar Somewhat Familiar Quite Familiar Highly Familiar
r = .639*
r = .232
r = .542*
r = .174 r = .447*