الوصف

Mabed, M., & Köhler, T. (2014). Academic achievement in vocational secondary schools: Construction and validation of a test to assess potential learning performance. In G. A. Papadopoulos (Ed.), 9th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems (pp. 452-459). Cyprus: University of Cyprus.

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The study intends to construct a valid academic achievement test for assessing students’ learning performance in electrical engineering. Reviewing of experts, textbooks, and curriculum guides helped determining educational objectives. To assess learning performance a 76-item pilot test was generated. Cronbach’s alpha, principle component analysis, varimax rotation, discrimination validity, item difficulty, and item discrimination indices were exploited to measure validity and reliability. Results showed test levels accounting 63.98% of total variance. Cronbach’s alpha was high (.96) and correlational analyses reported that the test scores are valid indicators of student learning performance. Furthermore, the test provides an acceptable difficulty value ranging from .30 to .78, while the test introduced a sufficient discrimination value ranged from good to excellent items.

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