?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.iab.edu.my%2Fv2%2F1194%2F&rft.title=The+development+of+vocational+intelligence+inventory&rft.creator=Ahamad+Bahtiar%2C+Rahayu&rft.subject=L+Education+(General)&rft.description=This+study+was+designed+to+develop+a+new+inventory+to+measure+vocational+intelligence+of+Malaysian+adolescents.+The+Design+and+Development+Research+(DDR)+model+was+adopted+as+a+main+research+design+in+this+study+and+three+phases+were+involved.+Phase+one+was+the+need+analysis+phase+-+involving+the+modified+Delphi+study+and+focus+group+discussion+where+the+importance+of+identifying+students%E2%80%99+vocational+intelligence+and+their+attributes+were+identified.+Six+attributes+of+vocational+intelligence+were+identified+-+background%2C+interest%2C+personality%2C+ability%2C+skill%2C+and+creativity.+Phase+two+was+the+design+and+development+phase+where+an+inventory+to+determine+students%E2%80%99+vocational+intelligence%2C+named+MyVQ%2C+was+developed+using+the+attributes+found+in+phase+one.+The+verification+and+evaluation+of+MyVQ+were+carried+out+in+phase+three+-+the+implementation+and+evaluation+phase.+The+Cronbach%E2%80%99s+alpha+values+of+each+section+of+the+instrument+demonstrated+that+all+items+in+each+section+have+acceptable+internal+consistency.+MyVQ+was+tested+to+400+Year-Six+students+in+five+zones+of+peninsular+Malaysia%2C+selected+using+stratified+random+sampling.+Three+different+types+of+primary+schools+were+selected+from+each+zone.+MyVQ+scores+were+analysed+descriptively+according+to+attributes+and+total+scores+as+well+as+to+obtain+norms+for+Malaysian+adolescents.+Using+MyVQ%2C+the+samples+can+be+categorized+into+four+different+levels+of+vocational+intelligence%3A+gifted+(2.3%25)%2C+high+(18.5%25)%2C+moderate+(69.5%25)+and+low+(9.8%25).+Students+who+were+in+the+gifted+and+high+levels+(20.8%25)+are+proposed+to+choose+Technical+and+Vocational+Education+and+Training+(TVET)+educational+pathways.+Hence%2C+MyVQ+is+a+valid+and+reliable+new+instrument+to+measure+vocational+intelligence+that+could+be+used+to+map+vocational+intelligence+among+adolescents.+In+implication%2C+MyVQ+can+be+used+as+a+diagnostic+and+screening+tool+to+place+students+in+appropriate+educational+and+training+institutions+in+order+to+produce+future+quality+human+resources+to+achieve+sustainable+economic+development.&rft.publisher=Faculty+of+Technical+and+Vocational+Education%2C+Universiti+Pendidikan+Sultan+Idris%2C+Perak%2C+Malaysia&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.iab.edu.my%2Fv2%2F1194%2F1%2FDrRahayu_Abstrak%2520Tesis.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ahamad+Bahtiar%2C+Rahayu+++The+development+of+vocational+intelligence+inventory.++Faculty+of+Technical+and+Vocational+Education%2C+Universiti+Pendidikan+Sultan+Idris%2C+Perak%2C+Malaysia.+++++