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Original Research Article

Competency improvement needs of lecturers in colleges of agriculture in developing psycho-productive multiple choice test items in crop science in North Central Zone, Nigeria

Okeme I. (Ph. D)

Faculty of Education, University of Calabar, Nigeria

E-mail: isaacokeme65@gmail.com
Tel.: 08033452801

Accepted December 15, 2014

Abstract

The study was carried out to determine the Competency Improvement Needs of Lecturers in Colleges of Agriculture in developing Psycho-productive Multiple Choice Test Items in North Central Zone, Nigeria. One research question guided the study. The Experimentation research design was adopted. The population was 38 lecturers of Colleges of Agriculture in North Central Zone, Nigeria. A 30 multiple choice test items using Simpson’s taxonomy of the Psycho-motor domain was used for data collection. Kudder-Richardson (K-R20) was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument which yielded a coefficient of 0.88. The data were analyzed using Mean and Quality Assurance Gap (QAG) index to determine the competency needs of the Lecturers. It was found out that Lecturers in Colleges of Agriculture lack competencies in developing Psycho-productive multiple choice items for measuring students’ performance in activity-based components of the crop science curriculum. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that Lecturers be retrained through workshops and seminars.

Keywords: Competency, Crop science, Curriculum, Improvement, Nigeria, Psycho-productive