The <i>Standards'</i> Beliefs Instrument (SBI): Teachers' Beliefs About the NCTM <i>Standards</i>

Zollman, Alan; Mason, Emanuel J.

doi:10.1111/j.1949-8594.1992.tb15609.x

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“…The SBI uses a 16-item, four-choice Likert type scale. The SBI has a Spearman-Brown reliability of .79 and an alpha coefficient of .803 as reported by Zollman and Mason (1992). A panel of experts affiliated with NCTM (Zollman and Mason, 1992) found the instrument to have construct validity.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Research on mathematics teachers' beliefs on the use of and need for the NCTM Standards was introduced by Zollman and Mason in 1992, after they designed and tested an instrument that they named the Standards' Beliefs Instrument (SBI) (Zollman & Mason, 1992). The SBI has a myriad of implications for teaching mathematics.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In order to provide a basis for understanding the implications for teaching the NCTM Standards, research related to mathematics teacher preparation, teacher beliefs, attitudes towards mathematics education, and the implementation of the NCTM Standards have been included. Zollman and Mason (1992) contend that an important relationship exists between a teacher's beliefs and that teacher's own style of teaching. Therefore, a wide acceptance of the NCTM Standards could hinge on a teacher's own beliefs.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The Standards' Belief Instrument: The Standards' Belief Instrument (SBI) (Zollman and Mason, 1992) was used to assess the mathematics teachers' beliefs concerning the Standards. The SBI consists of sixteen questions from the NCTM Standards which appeared in the NCTM's publications, "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics" and "Principles and Standards for School Mathematics."…”

Section: Description Of the Samplementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The purpose of this study was to compare teachers with five years or less teaching experience with teachers who have five or more years of teaching experience, using the Standards' Belief Instrument (SBI) (Zollman and Mason, 1992), in order to determine a measure of teachers' beliefs about the use of the NCTM Standards. The research hypothesis states the following: There will be a significant difference in the Standards' Beliefs Instrument scores of teachers with five years or less of teaching experience when compared to teachers with five or more years of experience.…”

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Implementing the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards: A slow process

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2004

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The purpose of this study was to look at inservice teachers’ pedagogical beliefs about the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards (1989 & 2000). The Standards’ Belief Instrument (Zollman and Mason, 1992) was administered on teachers. An ANOVA was used to look for a significant difference between teachers with five years or less experience of teaching mathematics, and those with more than five years teaching experience. One expectation was that teachers who are recent graduates of teacher education programmes may have more training on the NCTM Standards. Although there were no statistically significant differences between the two groups, this study did support the expectation. Current training with in-service teachers shows that many of the teachers are familiar with neither the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics nor their Standards. It seems then from this study that the implementation process of the NCTM Standards, and perhaps any standards or best practices and new curriculum implementation, is very sluggish.

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Section: Description Of the Samplementioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Description Of the Samplementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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