Functional behavior assessment : increasing pre-service general education teachers' self-efficacy in managing classroom behavior.

A quasi-experimental design was conducted to examine differences in perceived self-efficacy of pre-service general education teachers towards classroom behavior management before and after instruction in functional behavior assessment. A complex repeated measures design was used with the professional development as the independent variable and the raw scores on the Classroom Management Self-Efficacy scale and the FBA General Knowledge Test as dependent variables. A total of 38 participants responded to three administrations as well as an additional retrospective self-efficacy scale. This additional scale was administered to compare means of the participants' perceptions of self-efficacy before instruction and their retrospective perceptions after instruction. Results demonstrated a change in all raw scores of the participants before and after instruction in functional behavior assessment. The second treatment scores remained fairly constant across their regularly scheduled sessions, whereas both groups showed a significant increase in raw scores after instruction in functional behavior assessment. Regarding the retrospective survey results, there were significant differences only in the factor of classroom behavior management self-efficacy.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Grantor

Baylor University.

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Trepinski, Tonya Marie.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Saxon, Terrill F.

• Self-efficacy.
• Classroom behavior management.
• Pre-service teacher preparation.
• Functional behavior assessment.
• Special education.

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Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/2104/9192

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:baylor-ir.tdl.org:2104/9192