A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
Research Competence Modification of a Questionnaire to Measure Research Competence at Universities of Applied Scienes
Authors: Hauser F, Reuter R, Gruber H, Mottok J
Editors: N/A
Conference name: IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference
Publishing place: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Publication year: 2018
Journal: IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference
Book title : Proceedings of 2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference ((EDUCON))
Journal name in source: PROCEEDINGS OF 2018 IEEE GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION CONFERENCE (EDUCON) - EMERGING TRENDS AND CHALLENGES OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Journal acronym: IEEE GLOB ENG EDUC C
First page : 109
Last page: 117
Number of pages: 9
ISBN: 978-1-5386-2957-4
ISSN: 2165-9567
This paper deals with the validation and modification of the German questionnaire "F-Komp". In its original version, it was intended to measure university students' research competences. In the beginning of this study, there were only a few tools available which were reliable. For the purposes of this study, they were not suitable. At the same time, there was no validated version of the F-Komp available, which made the whole validation process for further usage necessary. This questionnaire is based on a structure, which consist of different skills and knowledge and is focused on measuring research competence in general. The validation and modification of the F-Komp is therefore the aim of our contribution as well as a revised version of the questionnaire. We proceeded an explorative factor and a reliability analysis to do a general evaluation of the tool. Some modifications were done in the questionnaire to make it more suitable to the requirements of technical oriented universities of applied sciences [5]. Our revised version is slightly longer and contains several items to gather data about the participants demographics. The modified questionnaire is based on a more appropriate factor structure. This structure is more practically oriented and pays attention to ethical issues. In future cases, this questionnaire will be used in research oriented courses to measure students' progress in acquiring the knowledge and methods which are necessary to perform as a scientist in different research areas.
