Development of assessment tool of the readiness to be an innovator for vocational students
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The innovativeness of vocational students is an important characteristic for preparing them for the real world of work, which is an adapting to the digital age. This research aims to develop an assessment tool of the readiness to be an innovator for vocational students, to examine the quality of the tool in terms of reliability and construct validity, and to assess the readiness to be an innovator of vocational students. The sample consisted of 74 vocational students from the higher vocational certificate level at Samut Prakan Technical College. The research instrument was the assessment tool of the readiness to be an innovator. Data analysis used factor analysis, correlation analysis, mean, and standard deviation. The research findings indicate that: 1) The assessment tool (five-level self-assessment) of the readiness to be an innovator for vocational students, consisting of 20 questions developed from indicators, tryout consisted of content validity, discrimination, with 19 questions meeting the criteria, and reliability (r= .91). 2) The construct validity of the readiness to be an innovator factors, including creation (7 items), confrontation for success (5 items), novelty challenge (3 items), reflective thinking (4 items), showed a correlation with the overall factor. 3) Vocational students exhibited a high level of the readiness to be an innovator across all factors.
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