Abstract:

The article presents a methodology for constructing a questionnaire for measuring on a linear scale the universal competence of the UC-1 "Able to search, critically analyze and synthesize information, apply a systematic approach to solving tasks" in the direction of training "Teacher Education". The developed method includes three stages: formation of a set of indicators by university graduates, evaluation of the validity of indicators by experts in the field of teacher education, and evaluation of the constructive validity of the questionnaire in the framework of the theory of latent variables. Since each indicator varied at three levels, a model with equally spaced gradations (rating scale model) was selected from the family of Rasch models. The quality of the developed questionnaire as a measuring tool was evaluated according to all the requirements in the framework of the theory of latent variables: the presence of extreme indicators in the questionnaire; the compatibility of indicators; the difficulty of the questionnaire corresponds to the level of competence formation; the range of variation of indicators; the adequacy of indicators of the measurement model (Rasch model). The developed questionnaire meets all the requirements listed above and is a measuring tool for assessing the level of formation of educational competence on a linear scale of the UC-1 "Able to search, critically analyze and synthesize information, apply a systematic approach to solving tasks" in the field of training "Teacher Education". The developed questionnaire is used at the Kuban State University to monitor the competence UC-1, as well as to conduct a comparative analysis of the formation of this competence, depending on the department, specialty, grade, gender, and other factors. Testing of the questionnaire showed that it has a high differentiating ability. This is the basis for constructing questionnaires within the framework of the theory of latent variables to measure the other educational competencies in the direction of training "Teacher Education".

Keywords:

Educational competence, questionnaire design, measurement, linear scale, Rasch model.