Reflective Thinking in Preservice Teachers

This study was conducted to examine reflective thinking in 12 preservice teachers as it relates to locus of control and creative thinking. Subjects completed the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (Verbal Form A) and The Locus of Control Scale for Teachers. Measures of the dependent variable, reflective thinking, were determined through analyses of weekly journals using the Pedagogical Language Acquisition and Conceptual Development Taxonomy of Teacher Reflective Thought. Results indicated that locus of control was a significant predictor of reflective thinking; however, none of the independent variables, either alone or in combination, were consistent predictors of reflective thinking. Comments from participants suggested a much stronger relationship between the variables of the study. For these preservice teachers, reflective thinking, creative thinking, and locus of control were definitel