Discriminant analysis of teacher students' characteristics and backgrounds between the selected group and the entrance examination group : a case study of Nakhon Si Thammarat Teachers College
Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to study the Naknon Si Thammarat Teachers College students characteristics and backgrounds with regard to personality, attitude towards teaching career, intelligent, learning style, academic learning achievement and socio-economic status and to discriminate the variables concerning teacher students characteristics and backgrounds between the selected group and the entrance examination group. The accessible population 614 teacher students of whom 183 were selected group and 431 were entrance examination group. The research instruments were status and socio-economic status questionnaires, California Psychological Inventory (CPI), Advanced Progressive Matrices, Teacher Attitude Inventory and Student Learning Styles Questionnaire. The Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation and Discriminant Analysis technique with Stepwise Methods were used for data analysis. The major findings were as follows: 1. Teacher students characteristics and backgrounds of the selected group and the entrance examination group were as follows: 1.1 Selected group The majority of fathers or moters of teacher students graduated from primary school (66.12%), and were agriculturists (74.72%). Each families had an average income of 1,981-3,980 baht per month (41.53%). Most of the teacher students had good attitude towards teaching career (96.17%), and academic learning achievement at a moderate level (79.78%) as well as participant learning styles at high level. 1.2 Entrance examination group The majority of fathers or moters of teacher students graduated from primary school (67.98%), and were agriculturists (74.94%). Each families had an average income of 1,981-3,980 baht per month (40.37%). Most of the teacher students had good attitude towards teaching career (96.29%), and academic learning achievement at a moderate level (87.94%) sa well as participant learning styles at high level. 2. Discriminanting variables which tend to be the characteristics of each teacher students group were as follows: 2.1 Selected group : Capacity for status, academic learning achievement, responsibility and communality. 2.2 Entrance examination group : Avoidance learning styles, intellectual efficiency, self-control and dominance.