General Competency Perceptions on Measurement and Evaluation of Teacher Candidates: Atatürk University Faculty of Theology Example

The effective use of measuring and evaluation in education depends to a large extent on the competences of teachers and teacher candidates. However, since teacher candidates can not reveal the knowledge and skills in real application environments, it is possible to examine the perceptions of competence based on measurement and evaluation knowledge and skills rather than the competency of teacher candidates. The aim of this study, which is carried out by taking into consideration the perception as a driving force that causes behavior is to determine the general competence perceptions measurement and evaluation of teacher candidates who are students of the Faculty of Theology of Atatürk University. In the study, general competency perceptions of teacher candidates their proficiency in measurement and evaluation; gender, graduated high school, grade level and KPSS course/class support, whether or not received in terms of various variables were examined. In the study sustained in cross-sectional screening model “Measurement and Evaluat？on Common Competency Percept？on Scale for Prospect？ve Teachers” developed by Nartgün (2008) is used to determine competency perceptions of teacher candidates toward measurement and evaluation. The working group of the research consists of 685 teacher candidates studying at the Faculty of Theology of Atatürk University during the spring semester of 2017-2018 academic year. In the result of research determined that “basic concepts” and “measurement techniques” of general competency perception of teacher candidates for measurement and evaluation is “adequate” and their “statistical analysis and reporting” is “moderately adequate”