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Alternative Title:
Am J Ind Med
Personal Author:
Guerin, Rebecca J. ; Okun, Andrea H. ; Kelley, Patricia
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Description:
Background

An online, multiple-choice assessment was developed and validated for Youth@Work-Talking Safety, a NIOSH curriculum that equips middle and high school students with foundational workplace safety and health knowledge and skills.

Methods

Classical Test Theory was used for the test development and validation; the Jaeger method was used for cut score determination. A total of 118 multiple-choice items were developed to measure the acquisition of knowledge and skills taught through the NIOSH curriculum. Pilot testing was conducted with 192 8–12th grade students and a cut score was determined.

Results

The mean score for all test-takers on the Talking Safety assessment was 80.9%; total test reliability measured using an Alpha/KR20 statistic was 0.93. A minimum passing (cut) score of 74% was established.

Conclusions

The assessment provides an objective measure of students’ acquisition of the foundational workplace safety and health competencies taught through the Talking Safety curriculum.


Subjects:
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Adolescent Article Curriculum Educational Measurement/methods Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Male Occupational Health/education Reproducibility Of Resuls Students/psychology* Workplace/standards
Source:
Am J Ind Med. 59(11):969-978.
Pubmed ID:
27711978
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5180418
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
Name as Subject:
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:f8d1ece8db7a01ba580ddd90464eba671c36ac859532fff9390fdde64ea66e44
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43323/cdc_43323_DS1.pdf
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