Educational Measurement and Evaluation Studies

Educational Measurement and Evaluation Studies

Assessing the Learning Outcomes of Educational Primary Graduates at Farhangian University Based on the Objectives of the Curriculum

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this research was to measure the learning outcomes of the primary education graduates.
Methods: The type of applied research was descriptive-analytical and survey. The statistical population of the research included all university graduates, who were selected by random cluster method in five provinces of Semnan, Kerman, Hamedan, Chaharmahal Bakhtiari & Fars, and randomly selected 365 person of them. The data collection tool was a closed-answer questionnaire made by the researcher, that validity was confirmed by ten experts and its reliability was calculated as 0.97 by Cronbach's alpha method.
Results: Learning outcomes were examined in three dimensions: knowledge, ability and attitude. According to the results, in most of the studied indicators, the learning outcomes were relatively favorable. Examining the fit of measurement models, structural and general model, by PLS method, indicated the verification of the presented model. (<α0.7, CR<0.7, AVE<0.5, FL<0.5 & t-values<1.96).
Conclusion: Although the mission of Farhangian University and elementary education, according to the goals of its curriculum, is the training of qualified and high-quality graduates (teachers), but according to the results of this research, the learning outcomes in the field of knowledge, Attitude and ability, from the point of view of graduates, were not at the desired and expected level, and it is necessary to think of appropriate measures in this case, designing and implementing the curriculum of the field.
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