Validation of a questionnaire to evaluate mathematics teachers’ beliefs about mathematics, teaching, and learning

Zaida-Mabel Angel-Cuervo; John-Jairo Briceño-Martínez; Andrés Bernal-Ballén

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Zaida-Mabel Angel-Cuervo ¹ ² ^* , John-Jairo Briceño-Martínez ¹ , Andrés Bernal-Ballén ¹

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¹ Facultad de Educación, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, COLOMBIA² Secretaría de Educación Distrital Bogotá, Bogotá, COLOMBIA^* Corresponding Author

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The study of mathematics teachers’ beliefs has become a significant research area in recent decades; however, more robust and reliable instruments are needed to assess these beliefs. This paper reports the design and validation of a multiple-choice questionnaire to assess mathematics teachers’ beliefs about mathematics, teaching, and learning. It began with a systematic review of existing questionnaires, followed by an evaluation of the instrument’s content validity using Aiken’s V by seven expert judges. Finally, a total of 199 in-service mathematics teachers completed the instrument, demonstrating construct validity through confirmatory factor analysis and internal consistency. These results indicate that the instrument is reliable and valid for assessing mathematics teachers’ beliefs and identifying three teaching profiles: instrumentalists, platonists, and problem-solving.

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beliefs about mathematics
beliefs about teaching mathematics
beliefs about learning mathematics
mathematics teachers
diagnosis of beliefs

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 20, Issue 5, May 2024, Article No: em2435

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Angel-Cuervo, Z.-M., Briceño-Martínez, J.-J., & Bernal-Ballén, A. (2024). Validation of a questionnaire to evaluate mathematics teachers’ beliefs about mathematics, teaching, and learning. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 20(5), em2435. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14447

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Angel-Cuervo ZM, Briceño-Martínez JJ, Bernal-Ballén A. Validation of a questionnaire to evaluate mathematics teachers’ beliefs about mathematics, teaching, and learning. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2024;20(5):em2435. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14447

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Angel-Cuervo ZM, Briceño-Martínez JJ, Bernal-Ballén A. Validation of a questionnaire to evaluate mathematics teachers’ beliefs about mathematics, teaching, and learning. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2024;20(5), em2435. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14447

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Angel-Cuervo, Zaida-Mabel et al. "Validation of a questionnaire to evaluate mathematics teachers’ beliefs about mathematics, teaching, and learning". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 20, no. 5, 2024, em2435. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14447