Title Modeling and measuring competencies in higher education : approaches to challenges in higher education policy and practice / Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Hans Anand Pant, Corinna Lautenbach, Dimitar Molerov, Miriam Toepper, Sebastian Brückner

Published Wiesbaden, Germany : Springer VS, [2017] ©2017

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Description vii, 127 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Contents Competency orientation in higher education -- An overview of assessment practices -- Modeling and measuring competencies in Germany -- Demands in higher education : results of the KoKoHs projects -- Development perspectives for higher education research and practice -- Conclusion and outlook -- An overview of KoKoHs projects, models, and instruments -- Validation and applications of koKoHs assessments -- Publication of KoKoHs projects Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-126) Subject Competency-based educational tests -- Germany Competency-based educational tests. Hochschulbildung Leistungsmessung Germany. Form Electronic book Author Pant, Hans Anand, author Lautenbach, Corinna, author Molerov, Dimitar, author Toepper, Miriam, author Brückner, Sebastian, author LC no. 2016956286 ISBN 3658154853 9783658154851 3658154861 9783658154868

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