Development of an instrument for the assessment of indigenous conceptions of adaptive competencies of 4-9 year old rural Filipino children as an alternative to traditional intelligence measurement

• Main Author: Velazco, Gundelina A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1984
• Subjects: Children > Intelligence testing; Intellect; Counseling; Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1111
• Institution: De La Salle University

Statement of the Problem: Main Problem: This study aimed to develop an instrument assessing adaptive competencies with potential reliability and validity for 4-9 year old rural Filipino children. Sub-problems: Specifically, the study sought to answer the following questions: 1. Can indigenous (rural) conceptions of intelligent functioning for 4-9 year old children be identified and used to develop an instrument assessing adaptive competencies of 4-9 year old rural children? 2. Can inter-rater and internal consistency reliabilities of the developed instrument (or instrument's scales) be demonstrated? 3. How well do the scales of the instrument inter-correlate? Do they measure a single dimension of adaptive competence or are they independent of each other? 4. Does mean performance on the instrument (or its scales) increase with age? Does it differ meaningfully for males versus females? 5. Does the instrument correlate with the following criteria: a. school performance of the school-going children b. an indigenized Western type of traditional intelligence measurement? Procedure: This study made use of the descriptive-survey to investigate indigenous (rural) conceptions and behavioral exemplars of intelligent functioning for 4-9 year old children, and construct an assessment instrument on the basis of these conceptions.Indigenous adults in Lucsuhin, Silang, Cavite were interviewed about their conceptions of intelligent functioning for 4-9 year old children. Based on the list of conceptions and behavioral exemplars of intelligent functioning obtained from the interviews, an Adaptive Competencies Rating Form (ACRF) was constructed. Children aged 4-9 years in Lucsuhin, Cavite and in Bulacnin, Batangas were rated on the ACRF. An initial determination of reliability (inter-rater and internal consistency) and validity (mean age difference and correlations with school performance and an indigenized Western-type intelligence test) was done on the basis of the results of the ratings.