The purpose of the study was to further investigate the validity of the instrument used for col-lecting preservice teachers'perceptions of sel-fficacy adapting the three-level hierarchical generalized linear model...The purpose of the study was to further investigate the validity of the instrument used for col-lecting preservice teachers'perceptions of sel-fficacy adapting the three-level hierarchical generalized linear modeling(HGLM)model.To serve the purpose,the study used data collct-ed by the research team which elicited preservice teachers'self-efficacy beliefs using Teachers'Sense of Efficacy Scale(TSES).HGLM were used to analyze the data.Results of the HGLM analyses(at level-two)showed that one item in the scale displayed gender DIF.Another item became DIF item when the context variable was added to the level-two model.However,the effect of the context on the DIF item was not big.展开更多
文摘The purpose of the study was to further investigate the validity of the instrument used for col-lecting preservice teachers'perceptions of sel-fficacy adapting the three-level hierarchical generalized linear modeling(HGLM)model.To serve the purpose,the study used data collct-ed by the research team which elicited preservice teachers'self-efficacy beliefs using Teachers'Sense of Efficacy Scale(TSES).HGLM were used to analyze the data.Results of the HGLM analyses(at level-two)showed that one item in the scale displayed gender DIF.Another item became DIF item when the context variable was added to the level-two model.However,the effect of the context on the DIF item was not big.