Development of Korea-Collegiate Core Competencies Assessment(K-CCCA)

Lee, Ha-Won; Lee, Hwasun

Korean Journal of General Education 2017;11(1):97-127.
Published online February 28, 2017.

Ha-Won Lee, Hwasun Lee

대학생용 핵심역량 진단 검사(K-CCCA)의 개발

이하원, 이화선

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop Korea-Collegiate Core Competencies Assessment(K-CCCA) that complements the problems of several developed provisional assessment tools and more strongly reflects the competent elements required by the current age. To derive the core competency constructs required for university students, firstly we reviewed many literatures and documents on the core competency elements of future capable people in a comprehensive way, comparing and analyzing constructs of competency diagnostic assessment tools for domestic and foreign university students. After reviewing the literature, we developed a questionnaire for conducting a preliminary test to 120 college students in a 4-year course in Seoul. And then refined data, 961 students in main survey were conducted to confirm of assessment tool items. Through analyses of item and exploratory factor analysis, it verified the validity of the constructs. Consequently, 178 diagnostic items were deduced which led to define 6 core competency domains : Career development competence, Self - management competence, Knowledge exploration competence, Creative and convergent thinking competence, Communication competence, Ethical behavior and collaborative competence. The results of exploratory factor analysis derived that the sub - factors were extracted based on the theory as a whole and item composition by factors provided a reasonable result to satisfy the criteria. The inter-factor correlation showed a partially high correlation with .691-.367, but it was generally adequate and cronbach’s α, the reliability coefficient between the items, showed high reliability as .85-.90. Korea-Collegiate Core Competencies Assessment(K-CCCA) provided through this research results can be used to construct a core competency curriculum and evaluates and feedbacks its educational performance to utilize organic education performance system establishment. In addition, it will be able to induce self-development and effective learning by presenting and evaluating core competencies that university students should have as future human resources.

Key Words: 대학생용 핵심역량진단검사(K-CCCA), Core competency, Competency-based education, Competency diagnostic test, Korea-Collegiate Core Competencies Assessment (K-CCCA)