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Record Nr.

UNINA9910279574303321

Autore

Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia Olga

Titolo

Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education : Approaches to Challenges in Higher Education Policy and Practice / / by Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Hans Anand Pant, Corinna Lautenbach, Dimitar Molerov, Miriam Toepper, Sebastian Brückner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2017

ISBN

9783658154868

3658154861

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 pages) : color illustrations

Disciplina

371.26

Soggetti

Education, Higher

Educational tests and measurements

Higher Education

Assessment and Testing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Competency Orientation in Higher Education -- An Overview of Assessment Practices -- Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Germany: The KoKoHos Program -- Demands in Higher Education: Results of the Kohos Projects -- Development Perspectives for Higher Education Research and Practice -- Conclusion and Outlook.

Sommario/riassunto

This publication focuses on competency orientation in higher education, illustrating international assessment practices for measuring student learning outcomes. For Germany, the Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education (KoKoHs) research program contributes exemplary approaches, and solutions to current challenges in higher education. KoKoHs models and tests can be used for entrance examination, formative and summative assessment of domain-specific and generic competencies and as a basis for developing new teaching-and-learning tools and formats promoting these competencies. Content Competency Orientation in Higher Education • International Assessment Practices • Modeling and Measuring Competencies in



Germany (KoKoHs) • Challenges in Higher Education and KoKoHs Results • Development Perspectives for Higher Education Research and Practice Target Groups Researchers, students, and all stakeholders of higher education policy and practice The Authors Prof. Dr. Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia is Chair of Business and Economics Education at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. Prof. Dr. Hans Anand Pant is Chair of Research Methods in Education at Humboldt Universitaet Berlin, Germany. Corinna Lautenbach and Dimitar Molerov are research assistants in the Department of Education Studies at Humboldt Universitaet Berlin. Miriam Toepper and Dr. Sebastian Brückner are research assistants in the Department of Business and Economics Education at Johannes Gutenberg University.