Development of an Indonesian Figural-Inductive Reasoning Test for High School Students Based on the Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory

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10.2991/iciap-17.2018.3How to use a DOI?

Keywords

CHC intelligence test; high school students; inductive reasoning

Abstract

The changing of Indonesia’s school curriculum in 2013 brought new regulations to divide students into specializations once they reach tenth grade. This study was conducted to develop a new test called Figural-Inductive Reasoning Test (FIR test) as a subtest of the new intelligence battery test, Tes Inteligensi Siswa SMA (TISS) or High School Student Intelligence Test, which is used as a method of helping students select a specialization. The FIR test was developed based on Schneider and McGrew’s (2012) Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory of Human Intelligence (CHC). The FIR test was constructed in a figural spatial format and tested in order to evaluate its psychometric properties. Data were collected from tenth grade students in three different high schools in Jakarta (N = 97). Reliability testing using Cronbach’s Alpha method showed that the FIR test had adequate internal consistency in measuring a construct. The FIR test was considered valid in measuring inductive reasoning since it was shown to correlate significantly with Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM), which measures the same construct. Item difficulty analysis indicated that most items had a low difficulty level. Item discrimination analysis indicated that half of the items had a sufficient item discrimination index. Distractors power analysis revealed that some distractors needed revision in order to increase the item qualities. From the research results, it can be concluded that the FIR test is a promising subtest for the new TISS test in Indonesia. However, items in the FIR test still need to be revised and retested with a larger sample so that it can be applied and used for making decisions about high school students’ specialization.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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AU  - Anita Dwinata Lubis
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