Abstract

This meta-analysis examined the effectiveness of teacher professional development (PD) training on improving in-service STEM teachers’ self-efficacy in the K-12 teaching context. Twenty-one articles yielded 48 effect size estimates, incorporating 1412 teachers in the final analyses. Results indicated that the overall effect size of PD training on K-12 STEM teachers’ self-efficacy was strong at g = 0.64 (p < 0.01). This review contributes to the STEM teacher self-efficacy literature and confirms the significant impact of PD on improving STEM teachers’ self-efficacy. Results regarding the impact of substantive PD characteristics provide policymakers and practitioners seeking to improve STEM teacher self-efficacy with information for improving PD. Recommendations for researchers are also discussed in the paper.

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Title
The effect of professional development on in-service STEM teachers’ self-efficacy: a meta-analysis of experimental studies
Author
Zhou, Xuan 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Shu, Lina 2 ; Xu, Zhihong 3 ; Padrón, Yolanda 2 

1  Texas A&M University, Department of Educational Psychology, College Station, USA (GRID:grid.264756.4) (ISNI:0000 0004 4687 2082); Texas State University, Department of Research Data Service, University Libraries, San Marcos, USA (GRID:grid.264772.2) (ISNI:0000 0001 0682 245X) 
2  Texas A&M University, Department of Educational Psychology, College Station, USA (GRID:grid.264756.4) (ISNI:0000 0004 4687 2082) 
3  Texas A&M University, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, College Station, USA (GRID:grid.264756.4) (ISNI:0000 0004 4687 2082) 
Pages
37
Publication year
2023
Publication date
Dec 2023
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
e-ISSN
21967822
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-023-00422-x
ProQuest document ID
2817273404
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.