Initial Validation of the Preservice Data-Driven Decision-Making Efficacy and Anxiety Inventory

• In Event: 58.062 - Data-Driven Decision-Making Instrumentation and Methodology

Abstract

In this study, we validated the Pre-Service Data Driven Decision-Making Efficacy and Anxiety (3D-MEA) Inventory. The measure had previously been validated on practicing teachers and used to facilitate data-based professional development with teachers, but had not been validated on pre-service teachers. The inventory may serve to help us better understand future teachers and where they are with regard to how they feel about data.
Principal-Axis Factoring with an oblique rotation was used to investigate the latent constructs. The two resultant scales are the Pre-Service DDDM Efficacy Scale (12-items) and the Pre-Service DDDM Anxiety Scale (5-items). The two scales were deemed reliable and valid, an they were also significantly, negatively correlated (r = -0.16, p < .01).

Authors

• Karee E. Dunn, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

• Wen-Juo Lo, University of Arkansas

• Denise Tobin Airola, University of Arkansas