This study presents the construct-related evidence of Teachers’ Sense Efficacy Scale (TSES) developed by Tschannen-Moran and Woolfolk Hoy (2001) for in-service teachers in Malaysian context. The under-researched validation TSES local context warranted an investigation into unrevealing scale’s psychometric properties. Thus, this cross-sectional sought to determine factor structure scale where lo...

Nowadays, in line with trends in language teaching that follow the use of student-centered teaching/testing activities, there is growing consensus that students differ in their multiple intelligences. Furthermore, self-efficacy is one of the determining factors of success for people almost in any context. Assuming that the multiple intelligences profiles in tandem with self-efficacy of teachers...

Interpreting changing levels of self-efficacy while improving effective teaching behaviors can be one goal of teacher education programs. Undergraduate education majors often begin their teacher education programs with high levels of self-efficacy (a belief in one’s capabilities). These levels of self-efficacy frequently decline as pre-service teachers progress through their curriculum and make...

Adolescence is often a stressful period during development because it involves a pivotal transition from childhood dependency to adulthood independence and self-sufficiency (Smith, Cowie, & Blades, 1998). One major challenge that adolescents encounter during their teenage years involves acquiring a sense of personal agency in what often seems to be a recalcitrant world. Personal agency refers t...