Abstract
The objective of this study was to investigate factors influencing students’ participation in Level II Skill Certification. This research was carried out using a survey questionnaire approach, in which a questionnaire Factors Influencing Students’ Participation in Level II Skill Certification was developed based on literature review results. A total of 1,010 copies of questionnaire were distributed among graduating students picked by the stratified random sampling method. A total of 848 copies of questionnaire were returned and valid. The collected data were statistically analyzed by the independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Scheffe’s test for multiple comparisons (post-hoc). The results are:
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The factor “Parents’ Expectations” was the most influential factor for students participating in the Level II Technician Skill Certification.
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Private school students were more affected than public school students were.
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The factor“Achievement Motivation” was more influential on students planning for continuing their education than on students planning for going into the job market.
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Liao, CW., Lai, CJ., Lai, FP., Tien, LC. (2012). A Study on Factors Influencing Students’ Participation in Skill Certification Test. In: Uden, L., Corchado Rodríguez, E., De Paz Santana, J., De la Prieta, F. (eds) Workshop on Learning Technology for Education in Cloud (LTEC'12). Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 173. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30859-8_10
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