Dataset: Community of Inquiry as a Predictor of Pre-Service Teachers' Personal Mathematics Teaching Efficacy

This dataset was collected to investigate the predictors of personal mathematics teaching efficacy among pre-service teachers, using the Community of Inquiry (COI) framework as the guiding model. The dataset includes responses from pre-service primary mathematics teachers enrolled in a curriculum and pedagogy unit focusing on online learning experiences. Data were collected through the Community of Inquiry Survey (Arbaugh et al., 2008), which measures Teaching Presence, Social Presence, and Cognitive Presence.
In addition, this dataset incorporates scores from the Personal Mathematics Teaching Efficacy (PMTE) subscale of the Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs Instrument (MTEBI) (Enochs et al., 2000). The PMTE measures participants' confidence in their mathematics teaching abilities and includes responses on a 5-point Likert scale. Also included are scores from the Abbreviated Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (AMARS) (Alexander & Martray, 1989), which evaluates participants' levels of anxiety related to mathematics teaching. The data fields cover demographic information, pre-and post-test efficacy scores, and correlations between COI elements and mathematics teaching efficacy.