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A Study on the Development of an 「Brief Vocational Aptitude Test for People with Mental Retardation」 based on Web (Ⅱ): Developing Standards for Aptitude Employment Groups

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2007, 8(3), pp.181-202
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education

Lim, Kyoung-won 1 Kim, Sam-sup 1

1공주대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study is the second development research paper following the first development research paper and a literature review during the process to develop an Brief Vocational Aptitude Test for People with Mental Retardation, and was intended to suggest the process of development for aptitude standards in employment group selection, the development of aptitude standards of the employment group, the decision-making process on personal aptitude in an employment group and the method of suggestion for aptitude of the employment group. The result of this study was as follows: first, the domestic data of the Korea Employment Promotion Agency for the Disabled was analyzed, establishing middle classification of the so-called Korean Employment Classification of Occupation (KECO) as the standard to select aptitude employment groups. After that, 8 employment groups were selected, within which more than 50 disabled people were working. Second, 10 participants were selected from each employment group in order to develop proper standards for 8 employment groups. After a total of 80 employees took the Brief Vocational Aptitude Test for People with Mental Retardation, average scores in accordance with eight factors were calculated. Third, the personal aptitude employment group was determined using 'shape similarity' of the average score profile and the disabled person's personal test score profile, which was obtained from 8 selected employment groups, and the 'added difference in scores' between the two profiles. Fourth, their personal employment groups were suggested, consisting of examinee information, scores obtained by aptitude factors, suggestion graphs for employment groups and the world of occupations. The researcher plans to finalize the development of the web program and the outline for the test after conducting a validation study on the performance and instrument of the test through further studies.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.