VALIDACIÓN DE ESCALA PARA PROYECTOS DE VINCULACIÓN UNIVERSTARIOS EN EDUCACIÓN INCLUSIVA (PUVEI)

Abstract

Instrument validation is the main way to ensure that the results of scientific research and intervention processes demonstrate credibility. Linkage projects must be appropriate, relevant and demonstrate impact. Academic appropriateness refers, on the one hand, to linking research results with specific needs of educational institutions, curriculum, and training for the labor field. Relevance, on the other hand, refers to the suitability, value, and importance of the information resource for the project or research being developed. It involves the presentation of verifiable evidence that establishes such an information resource as reliable. Finally, the impact always involves some type of alteration in the characteristics of an object or problem, although this may only be in a portion of the object depending on where the impact is generated. The present work aims to validate an instrument to measure the appropriateness, relevance, and impact of the projects in inclusive education of the Special Education degree of the Secular Eloy Alfaro University of Manabí. A non-experimental, quantitative, cross-sectional design was chosen. For that, the validation was carried out with the presence of 8 experts who know the subject and the pilot application to 36 participants of the project. High levels of reliability were found in the Aiken tests, the reliability index by Cronbach’s alpha and the total reliability test. The psychometric properties of the instrument were examined, showing significant relationships between the dimensions.