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Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education

Tasks and Challenges

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Editors:
  1. Sigrid Blömeke

    1. Institute of Education, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany

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  2. Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia

    1. Chair of Business Education, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

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  3. Christiane Kuhn

    1. Chair of Business Education, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

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  4. Judith Fege
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Part of the book series: Professional and VET learning (PAVL, volume 1)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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    1. Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education

      • Sigrid Blömeke, Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Christiane Kuhn, Judith Fege
      Pages 1-10

  3. Theory and Methodology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Making Competent Judgments of Competence

      • D. Royce Sadler
      Pages 13-27

    3. An Approach to Testing & Modeling Competence

      • Richard J. Shavelson
      Pages 29-43

    4. “I Know How to Do It, But I Can’t Do It”

      • Fritz Oser
      Pages 45-59

    5. A Strategy for the Assessment of Competencies in Higher Education

      • Mark Wilson, Karen Draney
      Pages 61-80

    6. Competence – More than Just a Buzzword and a Provocative Term?

      • Michaela Pfadenhauer
      Pages 81-90

  4. Instruments and Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. The Challenges of Measurement in Higher Education

      • Sigrid Blömeke
      Pages 93-112

    3. OECD Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO)

      • Karine Tremblay
      Pages 113-126

    4. The Principles and Logic of Competency Testing in Higher Education

      • Roger Benjamin
      Pages 127-136

    5. Measurement of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education

      • Rafael Vidal Uribe
      Pages 137-146

    6. The German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)

      • Hildegard Schaeper
      Pages 147-158

    7. 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
      Pages 159-170

    8. 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
      Pages 171-192

  5. Long-Term Outcomes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. Modeling and Measurement of Competencies in Higher Education – The Contribution of Scientific Evaluation

      • Christiane Spiel, Barbara Schober, Ralph Reimann
      Pages 195-206

    3. Measuring Competences in Higher Education

      • Rolf van der Velden
      Pages 207-216

    4. Analyzing the Results of Study in Higher Education and the Requirements of the World of Work

      • Ulrich Teichler, Harald Schomburg
      Pages 217-228
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About this book

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’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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Education, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany

    Sigrid Blömeke

  • Chair of Business Education, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

    Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Christiane Kuhn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education

  • Book Subtitle: Tasks and Challenges

  • Editors: Sigrid Blömeke, Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Christiane Kuhn, Judith Fege

  • Series Title: Professional and VET learning

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-867-4

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6091-867-4Published: 20 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 236

  • Topics: Education, general

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