TY  - JOUR
A1  - Liebl, Sebastian
A1  - Töpfer, Clemens
A1  - Ennigkeit, Fabienne
T1  - No difference without item comparison! The effect of parallel item presentation on the self-efficacy of out-of-field physical education (PE) student teachers and qualified PE student teachers
T2  - Cogent education
N2  - Teacher’s self-efficacy is a relevant judgement of self-belief by teachers. Studies reveal inverse response bias of teachers’ self-assessment. Parallel item presentation can be used as a method to reduce such distortions. The major goal of this study was to develop and verify such a measure of parallel item presentation in order to compare self-efficacy of qualified and out-of-field PE teachers. Therefore out-of-field and qualified PE student teachers (N = 68) were randomised into two groups. They responded to 14 self-efficacy items related to classroom subjects and PE teaching. One group of out-of-field (n = 17) and qualified (n = 18) PE student teachers was presented with the items in parallel so that they could compare classroom and PE teaching items. For the other group of out-of-field (n = 11) and qualified (n = 22) PE student teachers, the items were presented sequentially so that no direct comparison was possible. Data was analysed using nested ANOVA. The results reveal that with a dimensional item comparison, out-of-field PE teachers have a significantly lower self-efficacy in PE than qualified PE student teachers (p = .006, ηp2 = .18). Without comparison, there is no significant difference. The method of parallel item representation can thus contribute to the reduction of inverse response bias.
KW  - PE teachers
KW  - self-efficacy
KW  - out-of-field
KW  - self-assessment
KW  - dimensional comparison
KW  - Physical Education
KW  - Research Methods
KW  - Education – Social Sciences
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62950
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-629506
SN  - 2331-186X
VL  - 8
IS  - art. 1921902
SP  - 1
EP  - 15
PB  - Taylor & Francis
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -