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The development and validation of a paper and pencil achievement test in automotive mechanics

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dc.contributor.authorWilliams, W. Randolphen
dc.contributor.departmentVocational and Technical Educationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:11:09Zen
dc.date.adate2010-05-19en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:11:09Zen
dc.date.issued1974en
dc.date.rdate2010-05-19en
dc.date.sdate2010-05-19en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to develop and validate a paper and pencil automotive mechanics achievement test and determine the feasibility of measuring the competence of mechanics using this instrument rather than the traditional performance test. It involved: 1) the selection of a number of accepted performance task items agreed upon by a jury of experts as valid for testing automotive mechanics students; 2) the formulation of each accepted performance task into a paper and pencil test item; and 3) obtaining a correlation between the two like tests of at least .71 corrected for attenuation. Following the construction of the 26 item performance test and construction of the like 26 item paper and pencil test a pilot study was conducted with a total of 25 Automotive Mechanics II students taking the paper and pencil test. These data were collected and subjected to item analysis for the purpose of ranking the test items from those items answered most easily to those answered with most difficulty. Both tests were then arranged in this order.en
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.format.extent114 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05192010-020301en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05192010-020301/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/37835en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1974.W57.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 40145537en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1974.W57en
dc.titleThe development and validation of a paper and pencil achievement test in automotive mechanicsen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineVocational and Technical Educationen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Educationen

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