بناء اختبار للقدرات العقلية على استراتيجية التحليل البنائي الهرمي لدى طلبة المرحلة الإعدادية

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The current research targeted constructing a test for mental abilities according to the strategy of hierarchic constructive analysis for high school stage students.

To achieve this aim, a test was constructed and then the validity of hierarchic construction of mental abilities was verified.The construction steps started by defining three main components of mental abilities, each component included two basic elements with the total of which six basic elements were achieved, and then a definition for each element of these elements was identified paving the way to collect and prepare the items.

After the researcher examined the literatures, theories and previous studies related to the research topic, it was possible to formulate (120) items representing the initial form of mental ability test, where these items were formulated by the multiple choice method with three or four substitutes for response.

To verify the items validation logically, they were exposed to (11) experts of specialists in educational and psychological sciences to be sure of the availability of suitable properties for these items and their substitutes in shape and content.

To analyze the experts' opinions about the test items, Chi square of one sample was used and each item of the test items was considered valid when the value of Chi square was significant at the level of (0.05), which paralleled the ratio of (80%) of the experts' number.

All test items were considered logically valid to measure what they were put for to measure.

As to the test psychometric properties, the research verified the (validity and reliability), in that the validity was verified by two.

As to the test reliability, it was computed by Alfa Chronbach method through applying the test to a sample of (100) female students selected by random stage style from the students of Risafa/1 (Baghdad) Directorate of Education where its value was (0.86).