A construction of ASEAN citizenship test for Matthayomsuksa 4-6 students

Abstract

         The purposes of this research were to construct, validate, establish the norms, and construct the manual of the ASEAN citizenship test for Matthayomsuksa 4-6 students. Research samples consisted of 1,016 Matthayomsuksa 4-6 students who studied in school under the secondary education service area office 4 in second semester, academic year 2017. The ASEAN citizenship test comprised of 66 items, aimed to assess 11 ASEAN citizenship characteristics. Each situational question contains 5 choices with 1-5 score.

          The research results showed that the test was efficient. The significant findings were as the followings. 1) The content validity of the ASEAN citizenship test, investigated by calculating the item objective congruence index (IOC), was in the range of 0.60-1.00. 2) The item discrimination index was in the range of 0.20-0.69. 3) The construct validity was investigated by confirmatory factor analysis. Chi-square=801.33; df=1,582; p=1.00; RMSEA=0.00; GFI=0.92; AGFI=0.90. 4) Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients for 11 characteristics were 0.92, 0.93, 0.94, 0.96, 0.95, 0.95, 0.95, 0.96, 0.96, 0.95, and 0.94 respectively, and for the whole test was 0.92. 5) The local norms for the ASEAN citizenship test interpretation presented in the form of normalized T-score in the range of T19-T92. 6) The manual of the ASEAN citizenship test was suitable and contained all important elements, easy to understand, and convenient to use.