Ash Rogers, Lou L Goore, Jane Wamae, Joseph R Starnes, Stephen O Okong'o, Vincent Okoth, Sandra Mudhune
Training and experience outperform literacy and formal education as predictors of community health worker knowledge and performance, results from Rongo sub-county, Kenya
Frontiers in public health
aim study conduct first validation three field practice experience scales intended measure students opportunities learn observation teachers practice feedback practice 12 key teaching activities field practice placement part teacher education programs scales translated adapted elementary teaching candidate survey development ambitious instruction project items adapted refer teaching subject students training response scale modified fourstep translationbacktranslation strategy used subsequently danish norwegian icelandic translations mutually adjusted meaning facilitate later crossnordic studies participants 345 danish students teacher education program one university college least one field practice placement data collected using targeted online survey one month immediately following field placement data analysed using rasch model three field experience scales fitted rasch model evidence overall homogeneity scores low versus high scoring students local dependence items dif relation level field practice campus type teacher education program gender age reliability scale excellent subgroups targeting scales study sample good teaching activities occurring rarely field practice ie difficult items three scales significant differences mean scores dependent level field practice placement thus scales expanded get better coverage students opportunities learn relation core teaching activities present trained field practice placement good psychometric properties three scales shows promise future research