Evidencias de validez criterial del Test Situacional de Desarrollo de las Competencias Básicas de Empleabilidad.

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Title:	Evidencias de validez criterial del Test Situacional de Desarrollo de las Competencias Básicas de Empleabilidad.
Authors:	Jariot-Garcia, Mercè¹ Merce.Jariot@uab.cat, Sala-Roca, Josefina², Arnau-Sabatés, Laura², Ortega Ortigoza, Daniel¹
Source:	Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology. Sep2022, Vol. 20 Issue 57, p377-402. 26p. 4 Charts.
Subject Terms:	Young adults, Compulsory education, Educational objectives, Employability, Labor market
Geographic Terms:	Catalonia (Spain)
Abstract (English):	Introduction. Basic employability skills are key for young people to be able to access and maintain themselves in the labour market, especially within a context of job scarcity. This study presents the criterial validation of a test designed to evaluate the Development of Basic Employability Competencies (DCBE) of young people of pre-working age and during compulsory education. The aim of this article is to provide evidence of the relationship between the DCBE test scores and some external criteria such as different types of classroom behaviour that could be considered indicators of good competence levels and which can be observed and evaluated by the peer group. On the other hand, it assesses the convenience to sustain the unifactorial test structure or to include the eight original scales. Moreover, it assesses the convenience of either maintaining the unifactorial test structure or to include the eight original scales. Method. The participating sample was 326 students from three public institutes of Secondary Education in Catalonia. The DCBE situational test and a questionnaire for evaluating observable behaviors that required high levels of basic employability skills were applied. The relationship between the test scores and the nominations made were examined, considering age and sex. Results. The results of the study support the criterial validity of the Test from the peer evaluation, since the students with the best scores in the DCBE test were also identified by their peers in the behaviors representative of the domain of the employability competences. Likewise, the students nominated for performing the behaviours indicating good competences obtained better scores on the different scales of the test. In addition, differences by sex were found in both the test results and in the nominations received. Discussion and Conclusions. The data supports the criterial validity of the DCBE test to measure employability skills in early pre-employment stages. The results support the use of the global index of employability, although the eight original competences could be used for educational purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish):	Introducción. Las competencias básicas de empleabilidad son clave para que los jóvenes puedan acceder y mantenerse activos en el mercado laboral, especialmente en un contexto de escasez de empleo. Este estudio presenta la validación criterial de un test diseñado para evaluar el Desarrollo de las Competencias Básicas de Empleabilidad (DCBE) de los jóvenes en edad prelaboral y durante la educación obligatoria. El objetivo del artículo es aportar evidencias de relación entre las puntuaciones del test DCBE con algunos criterios externos como son las conductas en el aula, consideradas indicadores de buenos niveles competenciales y que pueden ser observadas y evaluadas por el grupo de iguales. Asimismo, también se persigue valorar la pertinencia de mantener la estructura unifactorial del test, o incluir las ocho competencias originales. Método. La muestra participante fueron 326 alumnos de tres institutos públicos de Educación Secundaria de Cataluña. Se aplicó el test situacional DCBE y un cuestionario de evaluación de conductas observables que requerían altos niveles de competencias básicas de empleabilidad. Se examinó la relación entre las puntuaciones del test y las nominaciones realizadas por el alumnado, la edad y el sexo. Resultados. Los resultados del estudio apoyan la validez criterial del Test a partir de la evaluación de los iguales, ya que el alumnado con mejores puntuaciones en el test DCBE también fue identificado por sus iguales en las conductas representativas del dominio de las competencias de empleabilidad. Asimismo, el alumnado nominado por realizar las conductas indicadoras de buena competencia obtuvo mejores puntaciones en las diferentes escalas del test. Además, se hallaron diferencias por sexo tanto en los resultados del test como en las nominaciones recibidas, no así por edad. Discusión y conclusiones. Los datos apoyan la validez criterial del DCBE para medir las competencias de empleablidad en etapas prelaborales tempranas. Los resultados apoyan el uso del factor general de empleabilidad, si bien las ocho competencias pueden usarse para fines educativos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	Introduction. Basic employability skills are key for young people to be able to access and maintain themselves in the labour market, especially within a context of job scarcity. This study presents the criterial validation of a test designed to evaluate the Development of Basic Employability Competencies (DCBE) of young people of pre-working age and during compulsory education. The aim of this article is to provide evidence of the relationship between the DCBE test scores and some external criteria such as different types of classroom behaviour that could be considered indicators of good competence levels and which can be observed and evaluated by the peer group. On the other hand, it assesses the convenience to sustain the unifactorial test structure or to include the eight original scales. Moreover, it assesses the convenience of either maintaining the unifactorial test structure or to include the eight original scales. Method. The participating sample was 326 students from three public institutes of Secondary Education in Catalonia. The DCBE situational test and a questionnaire for evaluating observable behaviors that required high levels of basic employability skills were applied. The relationship between the test scores and the nominations made were examined, considering age and sex. Results. The results of the study support the criterial validity of the Test from the peer evaluation, since the students with the best scores in the DCBE test were also identified by their peers in the behaviors representative of the domain of the employability competences. Likewise, the students nominated for performing the behaviours indicating good competences obtained better scores on the different scales of the test. In addition, differences by sex were found in both the test results and in the nominations received. Discussion and Conclusions. The data supports the criterial validity of the DCBE test to measure employability skills in early pre-employment stages. The results support the use of the global index of employability, although the eight original competences could be used for educational purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	16962095
DOI:	10.25115/ejrep.v20i57.5088