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The aim of the study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Disciplinary section of the TEst of COmpetencies (TECO-D) in students of the Bachelor’s degree in Psycho and Neurodevelopmental Therapy in Italy. The sample was recruited between October and December 2019. To be included in the study, the participants had to be enrolled in the bachelor’s degree course of Psycho and Neurodevelopmental Therapy at the “Sapienza” University of Rome and had not to be outside the prescribed time for completion of exams. The test was administered digitally, during 2019, the students from different year levels completed the survey. The internal consistency for the TECO-D score was excellent (α = 0.71). The cut-off point for the TECO-D was 0.90 (95% CI 0.85–0.95) for the first year of the course, 0.95 (95% CI 0.92–0.98) for the second year of the course and 0.86 (95% CI 0.80–0.82) for the third year of the course. The scores showed that the TECO-D is able to assess the students’ skills for the three years of the course. This study had a great impact for students, researchers and academics, giving important information to improve quality of education.
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Galeoto, G., Berardi, A., Alatri, F., Giannini, M.T., Tofani, M., Valente, D. (2022). Test of Competencies (TECO) in the Bachelor’s Degree Course in Psycho and Neurodevelopmental Therapy at the “Sapienza” University of Rome: Cross Sectional Study Internal Consistency and Discriminant Validity. In: Uden, L., Liberona, D. (eds) Learning Technology for Education Challenges. LTEC 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1595. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08890-2_16
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