Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Integrated STEM Teaching Self-Efficacy: Contributing Sources Within STEM Education Courses

Elementary teachers often feel underprepared to teach integrated STEM (iSTEM) and describe their preservice teacher preparation as ineffective. The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which semester-long STEM methods courses influenced elementary preservice teachers’ (PSTs) iSTEM t...

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Published in:	AERA Open
Main Authors:	Deepika Menon, Jeanna R. Wieselmann, Sarah Haines, Sumreen Asim, Amanda Koch, Derek Cox
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SAGE Publishing 2025-03-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584251321472

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