The TBEST questionnaire was developed as part of AIM and another study conducted by HRI: Assessing Teacher Learning About Science Teaching (ATLAST, DUE-0335328).\u00a0 The purpose of the TBEST is to investigate teacher beliefs as both a dependent variable (an outcome of professional development) and as an independent variable (a predictor of classroom practice and student learning).<\/p>\n
The TBEST is based on research on learning summarized in the National Research Council\u2019s volumes How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School <\/em>(2000) and How Students\u00a0<\/em>Learn: Science in the Classroom <\/em>(2005).\u00a0 There are 21 items on the questionnaire, all of which are answered using a six-point agreement scale.<\/p>\n The questionnaire, as well as a user manual detailing information about the questionnaire\u2019s research base, development process, validity and reliability, and use, can be found below.<\/p>\n