Validation of Instrument on Teaching Practices Among Lecturers at Community Colleges, Yemen
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11113/sh.v9n3-2.1274Keywords:
Implementation, technical education, vocational education, conceptual model, conceptual frameworkAbstract
This study aims to explore a set of items measuring the lecturers’ teaching practice for developing a true scale of teaching practice. Rasch Model is applied to produce specific measurements on the lecturers’ teaching practice in order to generalize results and inferential studies. The items proved to measure a single dimension of lecturers’ teaching practice. The developed instrument termed LTP covers five dimensions. Construct validity was achieved through the Rasch Model Analysis using the dimensionality, item fit, and item polarity parameters. The reliability of the instrument was achieved by conducting person and item separation analysis, Cronbach alpha, and calculated person and item reliability estimates. The results of Rasch Model Analysis show that the items of LTP fit the model appropriately.
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