Title
Criteria for Teaching Performance in Psychology: Invariance According to Age, Sex, and Academic Stage of Peruvian Students
Date Issued
26 October 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Pérez-Morán J.C.
Bernal-Baldenebro B.
Publisher(s)
Frontiers Media S.A.
Abstract
The use of scales to assess the performance of professors from the students' standpoint is a generalized practice in higher education systems worldwide. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factorial structure and measure the invariance of the Scale of Teaching Performance of the Psychology Professor (EDDPsic) among groups according to gender, age, and academic stage. The sample of participants was composed of 316 Psychology students from the fourth and sixth semesters (basic cycles), and from the eighth and tenth semesters (disciplinary-professional cycles) of two renowned public universities in Lima, Peru. Two hundred and thirty-one participants were women (73%), and the mean age of students was 21.5 years old (SD = 2.37). The measurement invariance of the scale in the three study variables was underpinned by a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA) conducted using a five-factor model that showed the best fitness indices. It is concluded that significant differences in measuring teaching performance areas of the professor depend on the students' age difference and on their academic stage (to attend the disciplinary-professional cycles).
Volume
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Psicología (incluye terapias de aprendizaje, habla, visual y otras discapacidades físicas y mentales)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85119071415
Source
Frontiers in Psychology
ISSN of the container
16641078
Sponsor(s)
A special recognition to Professor Julio Inga Aranda from the Federico Villarreal National University of Peru, who was the director of the project in which we inserted this work and our thanks to Professor Hugo Montes de Oca from the same University of Peru. Both collaborated in the adaptation of the instrument and in the management to obtain the application certificates in both universities.
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