A Structural Equation Modeling of the Assessment Practices Inventory modified (APIM) Scale: An Assessment Model for Higher Education Institutions
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2020
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European Journal of Education Studies
Abstract
This research analysed the psychometric properties of the Assessment Practices
Inventory Modified (APIM) using structural equation modelling. The APIM scale was
distributed to a sample of 350 academic staff selected from both private and public
universities in Uganda. A purely quantitative approach with a stratified random
sampling technique to select the participants was adopted for this study. The objective of
this study was to; test the psychometric properties of the APIM scale. The results of the
psychometric properties revealed that the APIM scale is an adequate instrument in
measuring assessment practices among university academic staff. The hypothesised
model was found to be adequate in explaining assessment practices among academic
staff in universities; χ² = 902.619, χ²/df = 1.842, df = 490, p = .000, CFI = .906, RMSEA = .052,
and SRMR = .050. The findings revealed that the APIM hypothesised model was fit and
adequate to explain the factors assessment practices of staff in higher education
institutions. This has led to a recommendation that formal assessment training
programmes should be made mandatory to all academic staff in universities in Uganda
to understand assessment design, administration, interpretation and application.
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Structural equation modelling, APIM Scale, Assessment model, Higher education institutions
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Matovu, M. (2020). A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING OF THE ASSESSMENT PRACTICES INVENTORY MODIFIED (APIM) SCALE: AN ASSESSMENT MODEL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3727259