The transition from higher education to the world of work: Measuring student teachers' beliefs and practices for purposeful sample selection

Eivind Kaspersen (1) , Birgit Pepin (2) , Svein Arne Sikko (1)

1 Sør-Trøndelag University College
2 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

This paper reports on methodological results from an ongoing project investigating student transition from teacher education to the world of work. We argue that research benefits from purposeful sampling, and we present two Rasch-calibrated instruments that aim at finding participants with particular characteristics. With items from existing instruments, one practice instrument is calibrated on Norwegian student teachers. Furthermore, these items are rephrased to fit a second instrument measuring beliefs about teaching mathematics. Finally, 'virtual equating' is used to align items so that measures can be compared across instruments.

Mots clés: Student-centredness; measurement; Rasch modeling; sample selection

Domaines: Education; Histoire et perspectives sur les mathématiques [math.HO]

Eivind Kaspersen, Birgit Pepin, Svein Arne Sikko. The transition from higher education to the world of work: Measuring student teachers' beliefs and practices for purposeful sample selection. CERME 9 - Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education; ERME, Feb 2015, Prague, Czech Republic. pp.2152-2158. ⟨hal-01288600⟩