Research Article

Classroom Management Efficacy, Attitudes toward Teaching Profession, and Academic Performance: A Path Analysis

Volume: 12 Number: 1 April 15, 2022
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Classroom Management Efficacy, Attitudes toward Teaching Profession, and Academic Performance: A Path Analysis

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate preservice teachers’ classroom management efficacy beliefs with respect to their attitudes toward the teaching profession and academic performance. Accordingly, a model was hypothesized and tested through path analysis. The participants were preservice teachers (N= 483) at a state university in Turkey, and data came from three sources: a scale measuring attitudes toward the teaching profession, a scale for investigating classroom management efficacy beliefs, and academic achievement, namely self-reported GPA scores. Findings indicated a weak but positive relationship between preservice teachers’ classroom management competency levels and academic achievement. There was a direct positive relationship between the levels of classroom management competencies and academic achievement. Moreover, findings indicated a moderate positive relationship between attitudes toward teaching and classroom management competencies. Findings also showed that attitudes toward teaching affected classroom management competencies through academic achievement indirectly and positively. In this context, the results were discussed by implications and future directions for research.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

April 15, 2022

Submission Date

June 6, 2021

Acceptance Date

January 10, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 12 Number: 1

APA
Sezen-gültekin, G., Hamutoğlu, N. B., Yılmaz Ozden, Ş., & Savaşçı, M. (2022). Classroom Management Efficacy, Attitudes toward Teaching Profession, and Academic Performance: A Path Analysis. Sakarya University Journal of Education, 12(1), 24-40. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.948776
AMA
1.Sezen-gültekin G, Hamutoğlu NB, Yılmaz Ozden Ş, Savaşçı M. Classroom Management Efficacy, Attitudes toward Teaching Profession, and Academic Performance: A Path Analysis. SUJE. 2022;12(1):24-40. doi:10.19126/suje.948776
Chicago
Sezen-gültekin, Gözde, Nazire Burçin Hamutoğlu, Şule Yılmaz Ozden, and Merve Savaşçı. 2022. “Classroom Management Efficacy, Attitudes Toward Teaching Profession, and Academic Performance: A Path Analysis”. Sakarya University Journal of Education 12 (1): 24-40. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.948776.
EndNote
Sezen-gültekin G, Hamutoğlu NB, Yılmaz Ozden Ş, Savaşçı M (April 1, 2022) Classroom Management Efficacy, Attitudes toward Teaching Profession, and Academic Performance: A Path Analysis. Sakarya University Journal of Education 12 1 24–40.
IEEE
[1]G. Sezen-gültekin, N. B. Hamutoğlu, Ş. Yılmaz Ozden, and M. Savaşçı, “Classroom Management Efficacy, Attitudes toward Teaching Profession, and Academic Performance: A Path Analysis”, SUJE, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 24–40, Apr. 2022, doi: 10.19126/suje.948776.
ISNAD
Sezen-gültekin, Gözde - Hamutoğlu, Nazire Burçin - Yılmaz Ozden, Şule - Savaşçı, Merve. “Classroom Management Efficacy, Attitudes Toward Teaching Profession, and Academic Performance: A Path Analysis”. Sakarya University Journal of Education 12/1 (April 1, 2022): 24-40. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.948776.
JAMA
1.Sezen-gültekin G, Hamutoğlu NB, Yılmaz Ozden Ş, Savaşçı M. Classroom Management Efficacy, Attitudes toward Teaching Profession, and Academic Performance: A Path Analysis. SUJE. 2022;12:24–40.
MLA
Sezen-gültekin, Gözde, et al. “Classroom Management Efficacy, Attitudes Toward Teaching Profession, and Academic Performance: A Path Analysis”. Sakarya University Journal of Education, vol. 12, no. 1, Apr. 2022, pp. 24-40, doi:10.19126/suje.948776.
Vancouver
1.Gözde Sezen-gültekin, Nazire Burçin Hamutoğlu, Şule Yılmaz Ozden, Merve Savaşçı. Classroom Management Efficacy, Attitudes toward Teaching Profession, and Academic Performance: A Path Analysis. SUJE. 2022 Apr. 1;12(1):24-40. doi:10.19126/suje.948776

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