Evaluating Educational Concepts Mastery of Prospective Teachers in Ambon: An-ex-post-facto Study from Comprehensive Examination Result

Abstract

An-ex-post-facto Study from Comprehensive Examination Result. Objectives: This study aims to describe prospective teachers' education field comprehensive examination results. Methods: A descriptive ex-post-facto method is employed to obtain data from students who took the final project on three study programs (Islamic Education, Biology Education, and Mathematics Education) in one of Ambon's Education Institutes of Education Personnel. Through observation and documentation, comprehensive examination scores of 108 students (27 males; 81 females) were obtained. Further, this data was analyzed using presentation techniques on six sub-components of the comprehensive educational exam. Findings: The results showed that the average ability of prospective teacher students was 83.94% (high category). Conclusions: Some prospective teachers were unable to adequately explain teacher competence and teaching theory. Therefore, they have to improve their capability in this topic.

Are the Final Semester Examination Questions for Basic Science Concepts Made by Lecturers Have the Quality According to the Rasch Model?

“…The item analysis results can describe students' abilities (Banawi et al, 2022;Kumaidi, 1999). Students' achievement on the ten Basic Science Concepts Final Examination questions tested provided an overview of students' understanding of concepts in the Basic Science Concepts course in the PGMI Study Program.…”