DEVELOPMENT OF A MEASURE TO ASSESS TEACHER BELIEFS ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL-MEDIA

Technology-based instructional designs are rapidly becoming the most p rominent designs for classroom learning. This investigation reviews th e construction of an instrument developed to measure the beliefs held by preservice teachers with respect to various forms of instructional media The 72-item survey, examining six types of instructional media, was administered to 85 preservice teachers at a major northeastern uni versity. Factor analysis supported two strong constructs, Technologica l Beliefs and Traditional Beliefs, explaining 99% of the variance in s cores. Whole and subscale reliabilities are also reported.