Generalizability theory analysis of teaching practice scores in selected universities in Osun state, Nigeria
| dc.contributor.author | Babayemi, Beatrice Oluwakemi | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-16T10:13:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-09-16T10:13:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | xv,164p | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study estimated the contributions of persons and assessors to measurement error of Teaching Practice (TP) scores in the Universities in Osun State and obtained the values for relative and absolute error variances in the scores. The study also determined the generalizability coefficient and the dependability indices of Teaching Practice scores in the Universities. Furthermore, the study estimated the number of assessors sufficient to get a dependability index of at least 0.80 in Teaching Practice scores in the Universities in Osun State. These were with a view to ascertaining the extent to which the teaching practice scores are dependable. The study adopted the ex-post-facto research design. The study population comprised university Education undergraduates while the target population consisted of 300 and 400 level Education students that participated in the 2017/18 teaching practice programme in the Faculty of Education domiciled in the Universities in Osun State as well as the lecturers who assessed them in their various assessment areas. The study sample size comprised 1,237 Education undergraduate (300 and 400 level) that were on TP during 2017/18 academic session. From a total of ten universities in Osun State that offer courses in Education, two universities (Obafemi Awolowo University and Osun State University) were purposively selected. The two universities were purposively selected because they were the only universities already presenting students for TP as at 2017/18 session in the state. From the two universities, a total of 1,237 students were selected. All the 539 students of UNIOSUN presented for TP during the session were selected while 698 students of OAU whose record were made available for the study were also selected to make a total of 1,237. A self-designed proforma was used to collect the students’ TP scores for the academic session. The collated TP scores served as the data for the study. Data collected were analysed using appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that the contributions of the students and assessors to the measurement error of teaching practice scores in universities in Osun State was high, with a standard error of measurement of 2.86 and 2.52 for Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and Osun State University (UNIOSUN) respectively and that the relative and absolute error variances for OAU and UNIOSUN students respectively were 8.13; 8.17 and 6.34; 6.34. The results also showed that the generalizability and dependability index of Teaching Practice scores of OAU and UNIOSUN respectively were 0.64; 0.81 and 0.63; 0.81. The results further showed that for OAU and UNIOSUN respectively, it would take at least seven and three assessors to rate the teaching practice performance of each of the students for a dependable index of 0.80 to be obtained by the students. The study therefore concluded that the contributions of persons and assessors to measurement error culminated from variations in student’s scores, number of occasions and raters used for the programme, which invariably requires that more assessors should be involved in the observation and rating of students for teaching practice scores to be more dependable. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Babayemi,B.O.(2023). Generalizability theory analysis of teaching practice scores in selected universities in Osun state, Nigeria, Department of Educational foundation and counselling, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University ,Ile-Ife | |
| dc.identifier.other | ror.org/04snhqa82 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.oauife.edu.ng/handle/123456789/6921 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Department of Educational foundations and counselling, Faculty of Education ,Obafemi Awolowo University ,Ile-Ife | |
| dc.title | Generalizability theory analysis of teaching practice scores in selected universities in Osun state, Nigeria | |
| dc.type | Thesis |