Techninio išprusimo testų taikymo jaunuolių techniniams polinkiams nustatyti tyrimas

LTStraipsnyje pristatomas tyrimas, kuriuo, taikant techninio išprusimo testus, nustatomi jaunuolių techniniai polinkiai. Atlikus mokslinės literatūros apžvalgą ir analizę parinkti ir sukurti diagnostiniai instrumentai - taikomųjų ir teorinių techninių žinių testai, kurių užduotys atitinka validumo reikalavimus ir leidžia įvertinti paauglių ir jaunuolių technines žinias. Taikant patikimus diagnostinius instrumentus (taikomųjų ir teorinių techninių žinių testus) techniniam išprusimui vertinti, galima padėti jaunuoliams renkantis studijas techninio profilio mokykloje, kas leistų užtikrinti sėkmingą mokymąsi ir ateities profesinę veiklą. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Inžinerija; Jaunuolių techniniai polinkiai; Kolegijos; Taikomųjų techninių žinių supratimo testas; Techninis išprusimas; Techninės žinios; Testas; Colleges; Engineering; Technical Knowledge; Technical education; Test; Test of applied technical comprehension-knowledge; Young People Technical Inclinations.

ENComparative analysis of young people of Lithuania acquiring technical education shows that in academic year 2002-2003, 35.14% of the youth were studying at tertiary technical schools (colleges) and 66.34% were studying at vocational schools. B. Gruževskis and B. Česnaitė (2003) compared the number of students in higher educational institutions in the academic years 1995-1996 and 1 999-2000: the number of students has increased from 21.6% to 23.7%. Researchers point out that rapid growth of specialists with technical education accords with the needs of present economy. Generalizing this information it can be maintained that the necessity for technical education exists in Lithuanian and there is an interest in it, however, research and assessment of technical knowledge has been so far insufficient. Assessment of comprehension-knowledge in engineering should be based on valid and reliable methodological and psychometric tests (Анастази, Урбина, 2001; Bitinas, 1998; Бурлачук, Морозов, 1999; Cooper, 2000; Jovaiša, Vaitkevičius, 1987; Merkys, 1999). Assessment of comprehension-knowledge in engineering could be significant for those choosing a career connected with engineering and technology, for teachers of technical professions, it could be applied in professional counseling centres, hiring the staff for production industries, etc. Without scientific operationalisation of comprehension-knowledge in engineering, as a psychometric construct based on psychometric constructs that are analogical to comprehension-knowledge in engineering constructs and are recognized throughout the world, the assessment of comprehension-knowledge in engineering would cause problems.One of the selected instruments for solving the problem put forward is a test developed and adapted in Germany - the test of applied technical comprehension-knowledge (Lienert, 1 958). Its objectivity, reliability, external and internal validity have been checked. The second test applied for measurement of comprehension-knowledge in engineering is test on theoretical technical comprehension-knowledge. Item selection in this test is based on the above-mentioned structure of comprehension-knowledge in engineering. On the basis of the results obtained, it is possible to confirm that tests on applied and theoretical technical knowledge are valid in respect of the assessment construct of Lithuanian teenagers and young people comprehension-knowledge in engineering. [From the publication]