TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessing Instructor Perception of Skill Assessment at Technical Training
Institutes in Malaysia
AU - Salleh, Kahirol Mohd AU - Khan, Nur Liyana Khalid AU - Sulaiman, Nor Lisa AU - Mohamad, Mimi Mohaffyza AU - Sern, Lai Chee 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 31
SP  - 7579
EP  - 7583
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.7579.7583
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.7579.7583
KW  - Skills assessment
KW  -technical skills institute
KW  -Technical and Vocational Education (TVE)
KW  -cognitive
KW  -conducted
AB  - Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) is an educational sector that emphasizes on skills and producing work force who are capable and highly-skilled. To fulfill the demand for such work force, competent instructor who are skillful in assessing skill are very much needed to train students at technical training institutes. This research was conducted to identify the level of understanding among instructor on the skill assessment aspect at Technical Training Institute in Malaysia. The level of understanding was evaluated from the cognitive aspects that include knowledge, understanding, application, analysis, synthesis and assessment that fulfill the criteria stipulated by the Qualification Agency (MQA). A total of 123 instructors were selected as the research samples. They were chosen by using the purposive sampling method. Data obtained were analyzed descriptively using mean and standard deviation. The findings show that the level of understanding among the instructor at the technical training institutes is high. In addition, the instructors are also capable of mastering all six sub-domains in the cognitive domain.
ER  -