n Vergelyking van resultate tussen die Murphy-Meisgeier type indicator for children en die Murphy-Meisgeier type indicator for children-revised op 'n groep tweedetaalleerders

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:The primary purpose of a restructured educational system in South Africa, to which theGovernment of National Unity has committed itself, is to provide every learner with theopportunity to develop to his/her full potential. This implies insight into and understanding ofthe personality functioning of learners, which would enable educators to determine theirlearners' educational needs and address these in a relevant way. A need that resulted fromthis was to supply educators with information that would enable them to readdress theirpriorities, methods of instruction and structuring of educational material in order toaccommodate all learners in their classes.This need gave rise to a research project undertaken by the Department of EducationalPsychology at the University of Stellenbosch. An American personality questionnaire, theMurphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator for Children (MMTIC) forms part of this research project.This instrument identifies personality types in children and sheds light on various aspectsrelated to personality type which include: where children are likely to focus their energy, howthey perceive information, how they make decisions and how they orient themselves to theirexternal world. This information is especially valuable as it accesses a learner's learning- andcommunication styles.The MMTIC has been in use in the United States for more than a decade. In an effort torender this instrument universally and across cultural boundaries useful, the compilers are ina process of developing a revised version, of which the Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator forChildren-Revised (MMTIC-R) is the provisional form. As part of the developing process of therevised version, it is necessary to determine whether the MMTIC-R measures the same.aspects of personality as the MMTIC.Consequently the results yielded by the MMTIC and MMTIC-R on a group of learners arecompared in terms personality types, personality type preferences, temperamental types,function- and attitude pair preferences. Correlation between the four scales for the researchgroup on the two instruments, as well as the levels of reliability for both instruments are alsocampared.As the usefulness of the MMTIC-R across cultural boundaries is a priority, a group of Xhosaspeaking learners from an English-medium primary school were selected as candidates forthe research group. The research group (N=162) was representative of boys and girlsbetween the ages of 10 and 13 years.The SAS system was used for the statistic computation of the data, and two sets of results,descriptive of the research group and of the two instruments were obtained. The resultsindicated that both the MMTIC and MMTIC-R measure the same aspects in terms ofpersonality types, personality type preferences, temperamental types, function- and attitudepair preferences. The results however indicated statistical correlation on only one of the fourscales of both instruments, which requires further investigation. Although the results for thedescriptive statistics showed a higher level of reliability for the MMTIC-R than the MMTIC,both instruments fulfil the requirements for a good psychometric instrument.The educational and teaching implications are valuable, and are discussed.

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