The Impact of Assessment Techniques on the Relationship Between Work-Based Learning and Teamwork Skills Development

Gimba Dogara,Yusri Bin Kamin,Muhammad Sukri Bin Saud

doi:10.1109/access.2020.2983487

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of assessment techniques on the relationship between work-based learning and teamwork skills development at technical colleges in Nigeria. The sample consists of 257 technical teachers. The CFA models were developed to obtain the Chi-square values, modification indices, and standardized estimates using AMOS. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), employing AMOS version 22 was utilized to test the mediation effect and also the relationship between work-based learning and teamwork skills development among students of technical colleges. The findings of the study revealed that work-based learning has a direct significant negative relationship with teamwork skills development among students of technical colleges, while, it has a direct insignificant positive relationship with assessment techniques. However, when the mediation hypothesis was tested, the result indicates that assessment techniques have a significant positive indirect impact on teamwork skills development, that is, it fully mediates the relationship between work-based learning and teamwork skills development among students of technical colleges. This study implies to educators that there is a need to appropriately enforce the assessment techniques for effective development of teamwork skills among TVET students. It is therefore, confirmed that teamwork skills should be enhanced when work-based learning is used in collaboration with appropriate assessment techniques.

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Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) graduates are faced with unemployment challenges among the numerous graduates roaming the streets
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of assessment techniques on the relationship between work-based learning and teamwork skills development among students of technical colleges in Nigeria
This study has raised the issue that the assessment techniques are significant to the success of teamwork skills development among students of technical colleges

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Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) graduates are faced with unemployment challenges among the numerous graduates roaming the streets. The high unemployment level among TVET graduates is due to insufficient training of students resulting in a gap between the skills acquired by graduates and the skills required in the diverse working environment of the 21st century [2], [3]. Searching for candidates with standardized employability skills that are capable of enhancing the organizations’ success [4]–[6]. To cope with these challenges, TVET institutions are challenged to integrate among its students the required skills that will equip its graduates to be relevant and successful in this competitive edge. The emphasis in the implementation of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) curriculum is eventually centered on the development of skills among its students [9]

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