NGSS Survey Results HOW WELL DO OUR TP CLASSES PREPARE PRESERVICE TEACHERS FOR THE NGSS?

What the Survey DID DO Measured 5 latent variables (Science & Engineering Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, Teaching Disciplinary Core Ideas, Integration of the Three Dimensions, and Best Practices in Science Education) found to express the key constructs of the NGSS framework Measured our level of confidence in how well our primary STEM TP course prepares preservice teachers for the NGSS DID NOT DO Measure how our STEM TP courses prepare preservice teachers for the CCSS Measure the totality of STEM TP needs

Participants & Reliability N = 41 WWU = 13 EWU & Seattle Pacific = 10 Reliability, α =.928

What Did the Survey Tell Us? Strong in Teaching Disciplinary Core Ideas – overall we feel pretty good about how well our courses are preparing preservice educators to teach the Disciplinary Core Ideas Weak in Crosscutting Concepts – overall we feel the least confidence with the Crosscutting Concepts Correlation between Familiarity & Application – there appears to be a relationship between how strongly we rate our personal understanding of the NGSS with how strongly we believe our classes prepare preservice educators to teach from them

Strong in TDCI

Weak in CC

Correlation Between Familiarity and Application r =.639* r =.232 r =.542* r =.174 r =.447*