Understanding intrinsic challenges to STEM instructional practices for Chinese teachers based on their beliefs and knowledge base

International Journal of STEM Education

Table 4 Correlation coefficients for variable pairs (n = 216)

	1	2	3
1 STEM Teachers’ Beliefs (STB)
2 STEM Teachers’ Knowledge Base (STK)	0.24^**
3 STEM Teachers’ Instructional Practices (STP)	0.45^**	0.37^**
4 STEM Teachers’ Intrinsic Challenges (STC)	0.04	− 0.28^**	0.15^*