Situational judgment tests as a new tool for dental student selection.
Situational judgment tests as a new tool for dental student selection.
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情境判断测试作为牙科学生选拔的新工具。
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
F. Lievens
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作者：
Tine Buyse;F. Lievens
认知测试被用来选择学生进入牙科学校，但认知预测因素只能解释学业成绩的部分差异。因此，面试和性格测试通常用于测量非认知（例如，人际关系）特征。最近，情境判断测验（SJT）引起了人们的注意，因为有证据表明，SJT可以在医疗入院的情况下有效的预测。本研究旨在探讨SJT测量人际关系技能预测牙科学生的学业成绩的有效性。增量效度认知测试也检查。在这项研究中，796名牙科学生谁通过了入学考试的医学和牙科学生在弗兰德斯，比利时，并就读于两个佛兰德牙科学校之一进行了评估。五年牙科学习的平均成绩（GPA）作为标准。入学考试的认知测试和GPA之间的校正相关性为0.38。其有效性从0.45（1年）下降到0.18（5年）。然而，SJT的有效性从0.05（1年）增加到0.20（5年）。SJT在第5年具有递增效度。牙科招生委员会设想评估一系列广泛的能力可能会考虑使用SJT作为认知测试的一个有价值的补充。未来的研究需要以工作表现作为另一个标准来证实这些发现。
Cognitive tests are used to select students into dental school, yet cognitive predictors explain only part of the variance in academic performance. Therefore, interviews and personality tests are often used to measure noncognitive (e.g., interpersonal) characteristics. Recently, situational judgment tests (SJTs) have drawn attention since there is evidence that SJTs can be valid predictors in medical admission contexts. This study examines the validity of an SJT measuring interpersonal skills for predicting academic performance of dental students. Incremental validity over cognitive tests is also examined. In this study, 796 dental students who passed the admission exam for medical and dental students in Flanders, Belgium, and enrolled in one of the two Flemish dental schools were evaluated. Grade point average (GPA) in the five years of dental studies served as the criterion. Corrected correlation between the cognitive tests of the admission exam and GPA equaled .38. Their validity dropped from .45 (year 1) to .18 (year 5). However, the validity of the SJT increased from .05 (year 1) to .20 (year 5). The SJT had incremental validity in year 5. Dental admissions committees that envision assessing a broad set of capabilities might consider using an SJT as a valuable supplement to cognitive tests. Future research needs to confirm these findings with job performance as another criterion.