Development and validation of a tahfiz school performance index

Othman, Azam and Nik Abdullah, Nik Md. Saiful Azizi and Ruslan, Norbaiduri and Nordin, Mohamad Sahari and Shabu, Shahrul Fhaizal (2024) Development and validation of a tahfiz school performance index. Intellectual Discourse, 32 (2). pp. 585-606. ISSN 0128-4878 E-ISSN 2289-5639

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Abstract

The Tahfiz (Qur’an memorisation ) School Performance Index was developed as a tool to measure the performance of Tahfiz Schools in several key areas of Tahfiz education and sustainable growth development. The constructs assessed in the index were developed from analyses of focus group discussions with a few groups of stakeholders. The self-developed constructs were presented to several subject matter experts in the area of Islamic education to ascertain their face and content validity. For construct validity, the index was tested on a sample of 1,384 respondents, comprising Tahfiz school administrators, teachers, and alumni, and analysed using the Rasch Rating Scale Model. The results generated some evidence of construct validity, although some items related to Tahfiz education showed some misfitting. The index could potentially be used to measure and improve the quality of the Tahfiz education sector . The index combines aspects of Tahfiz education with elements of Sustainable Growth Development to offer a holistic overview of the progress and well-being of the community within a Tahfiz School. This study however only focused on one type of Tahfiz School, which is Academic Tahfiz Schools, a type of Tahfiz school that teaches academic school subjects, Islamic education subjects, and Qur’an memorisation, and excluded other types of Tahfiz schools such as fully traditional Tahfiz schools.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Tahfiz Schools, Tahfiz education, Qur’an memorisation, TahfizSchool Performance Index, schools benchmarking.
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP134.S3 Quran and Science BPL Islamic education L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2801 School administration and organization
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Education > Department of Curriculum & Instruction Kulliyyah of Education Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Communication
Depositing User:	DR NIK MD SAIFUL AZIZI NIK ABDULLAH
Date Deposited:	06 Jan 2025 14:52
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2025 14:52
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/117840

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