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Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 2 Latent regression coefficients and standard errors for knowledge of biochemistry and cell biology (dependent variables) on indicators of VET students’ personal characteristics (MIMIC model; Muthén and Muthén 1998–2012)

From: Assessing what prospective laboratory assistants in biochemistry and cell biology know: development and validation of the test instrument PROKLAS

Covariate

Biochemistry

Cell biology

B

SEB

β

R 2

B

SEB

β

R 2

Academic

Type of secondary school

.47

.47

.22

 

−.08

.35

−.04

 

Background

Secondary school gradea

−.49

.17

−.24**

.07

−.41

.20

−.21*

.05

VET year

.65

.19

.42***

 

.66

.18

.44***

 

VET gradea

−.89

.21

−.44***

.40

−.88

.10

−.42***

.39

Self-efficacy

In laboratory tasks

1.12

.27

.40***

 

.69

.15

.31***

 

In English

.73

.21

.37**

.38

.54

.13

.27***

.22

OTL

For laboratory tasks

1.30

.15

.47***

 

.57

.56

.25

 

For general biology

.38

1.21

.17

.36

.24

.36

.13

.12

  1. Type of secondary school = general secondary school accomplished before entering the VET program (0 = nonacademic track, 1 = academic track)
  2. VET vo-cational educational training, OTL opportunities to learn
  3. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001
  4. aNegative values represent positive relationships between students’ test performance and academic achievement (operationalized as grades)
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