Development and validation of Sabah secondary school students' national identity instrument
National identity is one of the elements that is emphasized in the Malaysian Education Development Plan 2013 -2025. A valid and reliable scale to measure national identity among secondary school students is still unavailable in schools, and student national identity is not specifically evaluated in...
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2019
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34489/1/24%20PAGES.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34489/2/FULLTEXT.pdf |
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| Summary: | National identity is one of the elements that is emphasized in the Malaysian Education Development Plan 2013 -2025. A valid and reliable scale to measure national identity among secondary school students is still unavailable in schools, and student national identity is not specifically evaluated in schools. This study aimed to develop the Sabah Secondary School Students' National Identity instrument and to determine the related psychometric properties by using the Rasch Rating Scale Measurement Model and Hierarchical Component Model (HCM). The newly developed questionnaire was administered to 2400 students from 40 secondary schools in six divisions of Sabah by using stratified sampling method. Unidimensionality diagnosis shows that all items are moving in the same direction with their respective constructs, where each of the construct is unidimensional. Item misfit diagnosis indicating that all the items are productive for measurement. High item reliability and separation index indicating that the sample size is enough for stable comparisons between items, and the researcher can place in the replicability of the item placement across other samples with more confidence. Thus, the validity and reliability of the instrument are acceptable to measure the national identity potential of secondary school students. The evidence of Differential item Functioning (DIF) does not exist, indicates that national heritage, cultural homogeneity, ethnocentrism, nativist ideas, collective self-esteem, belief system, emotional attachment to Malaysian nation, and nationalism constructs in the instrument function similar on different genders and forms. There are no collinearity issues in formative indicators and first order components, and all the outer weight are significant. Sabah secondary school students' national identity is categorized into three categories, which are low level (person measures of less than 2.1448 logits), moderate level (person measures ranged from 2.1448 logits to 3.1648 logits) and high level (person measures of more than 3.1648 logits). The established instrument can be used in every secondary school to measure the students' national identity before organising any national identity related programs. |
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