The Predictive Validity Of Selection Criteria Used For Teachers Participating In 'Kiremt' Program At Awassa College Of Teacher Education
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Designing and implementing effective and appropriate admission or selection
criteria for teacher candidates is an indispensable avenue to the quality of teacher
education. If the criteria do not promote the attainment of program objectives in general
and participants success in particular, there may be great lose of human and material
resources. Accordingly, this study was carried out to identifY to what extent the selection
criteria used in SNNPREB kiremt program at ACTE predict their success in the training
program.
More specifically, the objective of this study was to analyze the predictive validity
of the selection criteria (separately & collectivel)) in each sub group & the entire
subjects group.
The subjects of the study were 385(Male =308, Female=77) trainees who have
been admitted to ACTE in 1999 and able to graduate in 2003 ajier attending five series of
kiremt program. For the purpose of this study, the subjects were classified in to four sub
groups (Language, Natural science, Social science, and HPE) with respect to their fields
of study and another grouping by sex (Male & Female) irrespective of fields of study was
formed. The entire subjects were also taken altogether as a group.
The selection criteria used by SNNPREB, ESLCEITTI GPA, teaching experience
and teaching peljormance are taken as predictors. The criterion measure was
graduation GPA. Sex was used as a predictor in subgroups with respect to fields of study
and in the entire subjects group. Data on both criterion and predictor measures for each
subject were collected by checking documents kept at the college. Analyses of data were
carried out using multiple correlation and regression (stepwise) techniques.
Results of the study indicated that the selection criteria have different predictive
power in each subgroup. ESLCEITTI GPA was found being the best predictor of college
GPA in the case of each subgroup & entire subjects group.
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Selection Criteria Used For Teachers Participating