title: A mathematics content course and teaching efficacy beliefs of undergraduate majors in education.
abstract: This study was designed to assess the mathematics teaching efficacy beliefs of undergraduates in elementary education through a manipulative-based course in mathematics. Responses of 106 university undergraduates to the 21-item Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs administered as pre- and posttest without a control group showed a significant immediate postcourse change in their efficacy beliefs using dependent t test.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Indianapolis, IN 46227, USA. halkhateeb@uindy.edu
authors.forename: Haitham M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Alkhateeb
authors.forename: Adnan S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Abed
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D013334:Students; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D014495:Universities