TY - T1 - Special education pre-service teachers' interest, subject knowledge, and teacher efficacy beliefs in mathematics SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/310833 T3 - A1 - Ekstam, Ulrika; Korhonen, Johan; Linnanmäki, Karin; Aunio, Pirjo A2 - PB - Y1 - 2017 LA - eng AB - Teacher efficacy beliefs is an important characteristic to predict instructional quality and the level of cognitive activation and educational support. Since teacher efficacy beliefs are context and domain specific, this study focuses on how special education pre-service teachers' individual interest and subject knowledge in mathematics predict their efficacy beliefs in teaching mathematics. Data were collected from 57 special education pre-service teachers. The results indicated that the indivi... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 516 Educational sciences; teacher efficacy beliefs; MATHEMATICS; motivational beliefs; pre-service teachers; special education; SELF-EFFICACY; STUDENT-ACHIEVEMENT; LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS; INSTRUCTION; MODEL; DISABILITIES; MOTIVATION; district; QUALITY; SYSTEM N1 - PP - ER -