Effect of cognitive behavioral active engagement training on test item construction skills among primary school teachers in Nigeria

Ede, Moses Onyemaechi; Agah, John J.; Okeke, C.I.O.; Chuks, Zudonu Onisoman; Oguguo, Basil C. E.; Agu, Polycarp Uchenna; Ene, Catherine U.; Ekesionye, Ngozi E.; Nji, Ifeyinwa A.; Eze, Chikodili; Manafa, Ifeyinwa F.

doi:10.1097/md.0000000000026876

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“…Using cognitive-behavior and rational-emotive intervention will enhance students’ critical ability in understanding the roles of cognition, behavior, and emotions in schools. [82–86]…”

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Cognitive-behaviour intervention for critical thinking disposition of religion and social science students

Ani¹,

Asogwa²,

Nnamani³

et al. 2022

Medicine

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Background: The dispositions of students towards critical thinking (CT) no doubt improve their clinical practice and performance. Hence, efforts to explore ways to help students become aware and conscious of the need for CT are imperative for their selfactualization, development, and improved professional practice. It is worrisome that in spite of the limited intervention addressing CT disposition challenges, scholars are yet to study the problem, especially in developing countries.Methods: In view of that, we assessed how CT disposition can be improved among students enrolled in cognitive-behavioral reflective training programme (CBRT-P) using a group-randomized control study with three months follow-up. To achieve this, 163 students were allocated to different groups. The recruited participants were exposed to CBRT-P.Results: Repeated-measures analysis performed shows that at the posttest, the mean CT disposition scores of the participants enrolled in CBRT-programme (treatment group) were significantly greater compared to the counterpart group that is the comparison group. At the third assessment, the mean score of the dependent measure consistently remained higher in favor of the experimental group. Conclusion:Given the results, it is concluded that the treatment programme improves the CT disposition of students over time.Abbreviations: CBRT = cognitive-behavioral reflective training, CT = critical thinking, CTDI-M = critical thinking disposition inventory for Chinese medical college students, F = value from analysis of variance test, M = mean, SD = standard deviation.

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“…Using cognitive-behavior and rational-emotive intervention will enhance students’ critical ability in understanding the roles of cognition, behavior, and emotions in schools. [82–86]…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cognitive-behaviour intervention for critical thinking disposition of religion and social science students

Ani¹,

Asogwa²,

Nnamani³

et al. 2022

Medicine

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“…Consequently, most African studies continue to focus on different strategies to improve the quality of educational assessment (Beets, 2012;Rosenberg et al, 2018;Serpell & Simatende, 2016;Sireci, 2020). In Sub-Saharan Africa, studies on educational assessment continue to grow in the literature (Anyanwu & Reuben, 2016;Ede et al, 2021;Ekuri et al, 2011;Kahembe & Jackson, 2020;Kyaruzi et al, 2019;Sayed & Kanjee, 2013). The development of assessment systems is becoming a priority among stakeholders to improve the quality of education.…”

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Sitting arrangement and malpractice behaviours among higher education test-takers: On educational assessment in Africa

2023

JALT

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“…The implication is that teachers may end up collecting inaccurate information about student learning. For instance, Ede et al (2021), assessed the test construction skills of teachers in Nigeria and found poor test construction skills among non-professional teachers. Another study by Abdul-Wahab and Ali (2022) found that most teachers construct poor items that actually fail to function as they were supposed to; some teachers acknowledge that they have weak test construction skills and hence resort to past or already existing questions to assess students.…”

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Assessment of Senior Secondary School Physics Teachers' Knowledge of Multi-Choice Test Construction Procedures

Akanbi

2023

IJITL

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The main purpose of this study was to assess the senior secondary school physics teachers' knowledge of multiple-choice test construction. The study employed a survey type research design and the sample consisted of 50 senior secondary school teachers in Ilorin South, East, and West Local Government Areas, which were randomly selected as the sample for this study. Questionnaire was used as instrument that probed teachers' knowledge and their perceived use of test construction strategies. The reliability index of the instrument; Physics Teachers’ Knowledge of Test Construction Procedure (PTKTCP) was determined using Cronbach's alpha approach, which enables one to estimate internal consistency when the scoring of items on a test is not limited to 1 point (for correct) or 0 points (for incorrect response). The collected data were analysed using mean, independent t-test and ANOVA to test if there was a significant difference among the teachers on all the scales. Findings from this study indicated that most teachers consider the preparation of test blueprints important during test construction and that there are no gender differences or influences of teachers' level of experience on their knowledge of multiple-choice test construction procedures. The study recommended that teachers in training colleges of education and universities should be exposed to the technicalities in preparing test blue print in order for their assessment instrument to be valid. Keywords: Assessment, test construction, multiple-choice test, teachers, physics, senior secondary schools

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Effect of cognitive behavioral active engagement training on test item construction skills among primary school teachers in Nigeria

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Cognitive-behaviour intervention for critical thinking disposition of religion and social science students

Cognitive-behaviour intervention for critical thinking disposition of religion and social science students

Sitting arrangement and malpractice behaviours among higher education test-takers: On educational assessment in Africa

Assessment of Senior Secondary School Physics Teachers' Knowledge of Multi-Choice Test Construction Procedures

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