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Developing and validating a vocational classroom-based assessment questionnaire for the vocational food and nutrition teachers
Thesis (PhD (Assessment and Quality Assurance in Education and Training))--University of Pretoria, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/102825 Developing and validating a vocational classroom-based assessment questionnaire for the vocational food and nutrition teachers Combrinck, Celeste u21616559@tuks.co.za Setlalekgosi, Mpho UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Classroom-based assessment (CBA) Food and nutrition (FN) FN CBA questionnaire Instrument development and validation Mixed methods research (MMR) Rasch Measurement Model (RMM) Thesis (PhD (Assessment and Quality Assurance in Education and Training))--University of Pretoria, 2024. Food and Nutrition (FN) as a vocational subject has been taught in schools for a prolonged time to prepare learners for the practical world. Despite teaching FN in schools, teachers have been challenged with classroom-based assessment (CBA) in this subject and this has been found to affect learners’ academic performance. Teachers struggle to align their assessment practices to standards and lack tools that can help measure their own assessment in their classrooms for improvement and communicating their need for support. This study therefore developed the Vocational FN CBA questionnaire that teachers will use in their classrooms to measure and improve their assessment. The study adopted Yusop’s Classroom Assessment Practices (CAP) in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as the conceptual framework. The CAP in TVET is a multipartite structure that was built from findings of literature reviews of various studies. The framework identified variables useful in developing vocational skills and linked them with CBA components. The variables in the CAP in TVET framework were important in guiding the development of the Vocational FN CBA questionnaire. The current study employed an exploratory sequential mixed methods design. The qualitative phase was exploratory and used for developing the questionnaire. The quantitative phase was used for validation of the developed instrument. Qualitative data was collected using individual in-depth interview, cognitive interviews and focus group interview (FGI) evaluation with FN teachers in Botswana secondary schools who were purposively selected. The questionnaire items were developed with help from panel members, revised and pre tested. Thereafter, the results were analysed and adapted, and the final survey was administered and evaluated using the Rasch Measurement Model (RMM). The findings of the study revealed gaps that exist between teachers’ knowledge and CBA practices. Teachers uncovered main characteristics of the FN CBA that helped in developing the questionnaire. The scale validation evaluated the reliability and validity of the FN CBA questionnaire. The questionnaire is a tool that will be useful in vocational teaching, learning settings as well as be modified and further validated to suit the broader educational community. The feedback from the questionnaire can help teachers and educators improve their assessment practices and consequently learners’ skills acquisition. Science, Mathematics and Technology Education PhD (Assessment and Quality Assurance in Education and Training) Unrestricted Faculty of Education SDG-04: Quality Education 2025-06-13T10:32:42Z 2025-06-13T10:32:42Z 2025-09 2024-12 Thesis * S2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/102825 DOI: https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.29305067.v1 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.29305067 en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Classroom-based assessment (CBA) Food and nutrition (FN) FN CBA questionnaire Instrument development and validation Mixed methods research (MMR) Rasch Measurement Model (RMM) Developing and validating a vocational classroom-based assessment questionnaire for the vocational food and nutrition teachers |
| title | Developing and validating a vocational classroom-based assessment questionnaire for the vocational food and nutrition teachers |
| title_full | Developing and validating a vocational classroom-based assessment questionnaire for the vocational food and nutrition teachers |
| title_fullStr | Developing and validating a vocational classroom-based assessment questionnaire for the vocational food and nutrition teachers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing and validating a vocational classroom-based assessment questionnaire for the vocational food and nutrition teachers |
| title_short | Developing and validating a vocational classroom-based assessment questionnaire for the vocational food and nutrition teachers |
| title_sort | developing and validating a vocational classroom based assessment questionnaire for the vocational food and nutrition teachers |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Classroom-based assessment (CBA) Food and nutrition (FN) FN CBA questionnaire Instrument development and validation Mixed methods research (MMR) Rasch Measurement Model (RMM) |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/102825 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.29305067 |