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Modeling and measuring competencies in higher education [electronic resource] : tasks and challenges / edited by Sigrid Blömeke[and others].

Published
Rotterdam ; Boston : SensePublishers, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Physical Description
1 online resource (236 pages)
Additional Creators
Blömeke, Sigrid
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Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education / Sigrid Blömeke, Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Christiane Kuhn, Judith Fege -- Theory and Methodology. Making Competent Judgments of Competence / D. Royce Sadler -- An Approach to Testing & Modeling Competence / Richard J. Shavelson -- "I Know How to Do It, But I Can't Do It" / Fritz Oser -- A Strategy for the Assessment of Competencies in Higher Education / Mark Wilson, Karen Draney -- Competence - More than Just a Buzzword and a Provocative Term? / Michaela Pfadenhauer -- Instruments and Studies. The Challenges of Measurement in Higher Education / Sigrid Blömeke -- OECD Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO) / Karine Tremblay -- The Principles and Logic of Competency Testing in Higher Education / Roger Benjamin -- Measurement of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education / Rafael Vidal Uribe -- The German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) / Hildegard Schaeper -- Modeling and Measuring University Students' Subject-Specific Competencies in the Domain of Business and Economics - The ILLEV Project / Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Manuel Förster, Christiane Kuhn -- Competence Models for Assessing Individual Learning Outcomes and Evaluating Educational Processes - A Priority Program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) / Karoline Koeppen, Johannes Hartig, Eckhard Klieme, Detlev Leutne -- Long-Term Outcomes. Modeling and Measurement of Competencies in Higher Education - The Contribution of Scientific Evaluation / Christiane Spiel, Barbara Schober, Ralph Reimann -- Measuring Competences in Higher Education / Rolf van der Velden -- Analyzing the Results of Study in Higher Education and the Requirements of the World of Work / Ulrich Teichler, Harald Schomburg -- Commentary. "Modeling and Measuring Competencies" Conference, Berlin, 24-25 February, 2011 / Judith Gulikers, Martin Mulder.
Summary
Measuring competencies acquired over the course of higher education is an area of research that largely has been neglected. This deficit can be attributed to the complexity of academic competencies since the variety of institutions, programs, occupational fields and job requirements render it difficult to define and even harder to measure outcomes. Thus, assessing the preconditions for and effects of competency development is a challenge methodologically. In this book, a comprehensive review of the international state of research on modeling and measuring competencies in higher education across several academic disciplines is presented, along with an evaluation of the field{u2019}s strengths and weaknesses. Renowned experts share insight into the most important recent research projects and point out controversies and challenges. Competencies are regarded as context-specific dispositions acquired and required to cope successfully with domain-specific situations and tasks. However, the range of these dispositions is controversial. Should only cognitive facets be included or is it important to consider attitudes as well? Insufficient response rates and panel attrition are further challenges, as are the limitations of paper-and-pencil approaches to the complex measurement of higher education outcomes. Thus, this book may serve as a platform for the exchange of research experiences and perspectives and hopefully will instigate improvements in research into higher education.
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ISBN
9789460918674 (electronic bk.)
9460918670 (electronic bk.)
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AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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