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International Journal of STEM Education

Table 4 Differences in science and math teacher identity characteristics by the mean

From: Science and mathematics teacher communities of practice: social influences on discipline-based identity and self-efficacy beliefs

Identity characteristics

Math teacher mean (SD)

Science teacher mean (SD)

Difference mean (math–science)

p valueb

Identity overalla

42.89 (7.50)

45.12 (5.38)

− 2.23

.086

 SI

19.56 (4.67)

21.11 (3.10)

− 1.55

.088

 CA

9.25 (2.25)

9.74 (2.17)

− 0.49

.195

 SR

6.67 (1.43)

6.82 (1.17)

− 0.16

.732

 CV

7.42 (1.16)

7.45 (0.85)

− 0.04

.831

  1. aIdentity EFA factors: Self-Image (SI); Community Action (CA); Social Respect (SR); Community Value (CV)
  2. bp values for differences are from Wilcoxon rank sum test, which is identical to Mann-Whitney U test. Unless otherwise stated, sample n = 165 (math n = 36; science n = 129)
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