Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The study focused on the development and validation of Workshop-BasedProcess Skills Tests (WBPST) for students in metal grinding trade intechnical colleges. It adopted instrumentation design and was carried outin Nasarawa State. The population of the study was 25 National TechnicalCertificate (NTC) III students. Eighty-nine workshop-based process skillitems were generated, validated and utilized to develop workshop-basedprocess skill tests. The test was used in assessing the students inGovernment Technical College, Assakio. The data collected were analyzedusing Cronbach Alpha, Kendall coefficient of concordance and Scheffe test.The reliability of the WBPST revealed coefficient of 0.76. It was found outthat there were significant differences in the mean scores of three abilitygroups (high, average and low) of the students at 0.05 level of significance.The inter-rater reliability coefficient of the WBPST was 0.57. It wasrecommended that examination bodies, National Business and TechnicalExamination Board (NABTEB) and West African Examination Council(WAEC) should integrate the workshop –based process skill test items intheir examination process for certification of NTC students.
Author: Danjuma A.O
Institution: College of Education, Akwanga
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7160201558