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Vocational profile and test for Computer, Agricultural and Mathematics Teaching majors: Perfil y test vocacional para las carreras de Computadores, Agrícola y Enseñanza de la Matemática

This research aimed at designing and validating a vocational preference test for three majors at Costa Rica Institute of Technology (ITCR): Computer Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, and Mathematics Teaching in Technological Environments. The sample of the study consisted of 13 educators (15.4%...

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Autores Principales: Alfaro-Barquero, Alejandra, Chinchilla-Brenes, Sonia
Formato: Artículo
Idioma: Español
Publicado: Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica 2023
Acceso en línea: https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/matematica/article/view/6595
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spelling RepoTEC145452023-08-29T17:57:31Z Vocational profile and test for Computer, Agricultural and Mathematics Teaching majors: Perfil y test vocacional para las carreras de Computadores, Agrícola y Enseñanza de la Matemática Perfil y test vocacional para las carreras de Computadores, Agrícola y Enseñanza de la Matemática: Vocational profile and test for Computer, Agricultural and Mathematics Teaching majors Alfaro-Barquero, Alejandra Chinchilla-Brenes, Sonia This research aimed at designing and validating a vocational preference test for three majors at Costa Rica Institute of Technology (ITCR): Computer Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, and Mathematics Teaching in Technological Environments. The sample of the study consisted of 13 educators (15.4% female, 84.6% male) and 435 students, 63.2% male and 36.8% female, with an average age of 20.74 years. A vocational profile by discipline was prepared, reviewed and validated by experts. The resulting document served as the basis for the vocational instrument. Subsequently, its psychometric properties were evaluated through factor analysis, obtaining adequate goodness-of-fit indicators. The test included a general skills and interests scale, aswell as a career task scale. The existence of vocational profiles for each discipline was demonstrated and those participants who showed greater affinity with the profile of their major also showed greater vocational satisfaction. Significant differences were showed according to vocational satisfaction level in physical skills, leadership, mathematical reasoning, discipline self-regulation, visuospatial and chemistry ability. Moreover, significant differences were found in favor of women in the means of biological ability, discipline self-regulation and visuospatial ability, in preference for tasks and interests in Mathematics Teaching and in Agricultural Engineering tasks. Men obtained higher averages in physical ability, mathematical ability and preference for tasks and interests in Computer Engineering. La investigación buscó diseñar y evaluar una prueba de preferencias vocacionales para las carreras de Ingeniería en Computadores, Ingeniería Agrícola y Enseñanza de la Matemática con Entornos Tecnológicos, del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (ITCR). Participaron 13 docentes (15.4% mujeres, 84.6% hombres) y 435 estudiantes, con edad promedio de 20.74 años, 63.2% hombres y 36.8% mujeres. Se elaboró el perfil vocacional por disciplina y se revisó y validó con expertos. El documento resultante sirvió de base para elaborar el instrumento vocacional. Posteriormente, se evaluaron las propiedades psicométricas del mismo con análisis factoriales, obteniendo indicadores de bondad de ajuste adecuados. La prueba incluyó la escala de habilidades generales e intereses y tareas por carrera.Se evidenció la existencia de perfiles vocacionales para cada disciplina y quienes mostraron mayor afinidad con el perfil de su carrera evidenciaron mayor satisfacción vocacional. Específicamente, se encontraron diferencias significativas según satisfacción vocacional en los promedios de habilidad física, liderazgo, razonamiento matemático, autorregulación-disciplina, habilidad visoespacial y habilidad química.Además, se encontraron diferencias significativas a favor de las mujeres en las medias de la habilidad biológica, autorregulación-disciplina, habilidad visoespacial y mayor preferencia por la enseñanza de la matemática y las tareas de ingeniería Agrícola. Los hombres obtuvieron mayores promedios en las habilidades física y matemática y mayor preferencia por las tareas e intereses de Ingeniería en Computación. 2023-02-27 2023-08-29T17:57:31Z 2023-08-29T17:57:31Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/matematica/article/view/6595 10.18845/rdmei.v23i2.6595 https://hdl.handle.net/2238/14545 spa https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/matematica/article/view/6595/6371 https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/matematica/article/view/6595/6434 https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/matematica/article/view/6595/6469 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 application/pdf Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica Revista Digital: Matemática, Educación e Internet; Vol. 23 Núm. 2 (2023): Marzo-Agosto 2023 1659-0643
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description This research aimed at designing and validating a vocational preference test for three majors at Costa Rica Institute of Technology (ITCR): Computer Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, and Mathematics Teaching in Technological Environments. The sample of the study consisted of 13 educators (15.4% female, 84.6% male) and 435 students, 63.2% male and 36.8% female, with an average age of 20.74 years. A vocational profile by discipline was prepared, reviewed and validated by experts. The resulting document served as the basis for the vocational instrument. Subsequently, its psychometric properties were evaluated through factor analysis, obtaining adequate goodness-of-fit indicators. The test included a general skills and interests scale, aswell as a career task scale. The existence of vocational profiles for each discipline was demonstrated and those participants who showed greater affinity with the profile of their major also showed greater vocational satisfaction. Significant differences were showed according to vocational satisfaction level in physical skills, leadership, mathematical reasoning, discipline self-regulation, visuospatial and chemistry ability. Moreover, significant differences were found in favor of women in the means of biological ability, discipline self-regulation and visuospatial ability, in preference for tasks and interests in Mathematics Teaching and in Agricultural Engineering tasks. Men obtained higher averages in physical ability, mathematical ability and preference for tasks and interests in Computer Engineering.
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author Alfaro-Barquero, Alejandra
Chinchilla-Brenes, Sonia
spellingShingle Alfaro-Barquero, Alejandra
Chinchilla-Brenes, Sonia
Vocational profile and test for Computer, Agricultural and Mathematics Teaching majors: Perfil y test vocacional para las carreras de Computadores, Agrícola y Enseñanza de la Matemática
author_sort Alfaro-Barquero, Alejandra
title Vocational profile and test for Computer, Agricultural and Mathematics Teaching majors: Perfil y test vocacional para las carreras de Computadores, Agrícola y Enseñanza de la Matemática
title_short Vocational profile and test for Computer, Agricultural and Mathematics Teaching majors: Perfil y test vocacional para las carreras de Computadores, Agrícola y Enseñanza de la Matemática
title_full Vocational profile and test for Computer, Agricultural and Mathematics Teaching majors: Perfil y test vocacional para las carreras de Computadores, Agrícola y Enseñanza de la Matemática
title_fullStr Vocational profile and test for Computer, Agricultural and Mathematics Teaching majors: Perfil y test vocacional para las carreras de Computadores, Agrícola y Enseñanza de la Matemática
title_full_unstemmed Vocational profile and test for Computer, Agricultural and Mathematics Teaching majors: Perfil y test vocacional para las carreras de Computadores, Agrícola y Enseñanza de la Matemática
title_sort vocational profile and test for computer, agricultural and mathematics teaching majors: perfil y test vocacional para las carreras de computadores, agrícola y enseñanza de la matemática
publisher Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
publishDate 2023
url https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/matematica/article/view/6595
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