Abstract: The main objective of the study was to develop and validate a teacher aptitude test for teacher education students in the University of Eastern Philippines, Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines. A multiple choice test of 114 items was finalized after pilot study. The test was administered to a sample of 130 freshmen students in the college. Separate sheets were provided to students included in the sample. Several work sheets were prepared to perform item analysis. Classical test theory method was used in the analyses of the data. Item analysis, difficulty index, and discriminatory index were calculated. The reliability coefficient was 0.78 indicating moderate goodness of fit of the items to the respondents.
Keywords: development, validation, admission test, teacher education students
Title: Development and Validation of a Teacher Education Aptitude Test
Author: Ronato S. Ballado, Romel A. Morales, Roger M. Ortiz
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations,
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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