Ebook Competence Based Assessment

Author : Alison Wolf
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335233199

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EBOOK: COMPETENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT by Alison Wolf Pdf

Competence-based assessment is the cornerstone of the UK Government's reforms of vocational training and of non-academic full-time education post-16. Australia has adopted similar policies, and there is considerable interest in the notion of 'competence' in both Europe and North America. Alison Wolf describes the main characteristics of the competence-based approach as it has emerged in the UK, and traces its origins in American experimental programmes of the 1970s. The arguments for the approach are discussed in detail. Many of these arguments derive from the demonstrable limitations of more conventional assessment, especially in predicting work performance. She then analyses the theoretical assumptions which competence-based assessment shares with the criterion-referenced movement as a whole, distinguishing clearly between those claims which can be sustained and those which cannot. She also synthesizes the growing body of evidence on implementation. Many lessons have now been learned about whether and how one can establish a workable, robust and reliable competence-based system. It has become evident both that the preconditions for success are often missing, and that, if they are ignored, competence-based 'reforms' may have largely negative consequences. The final chapter reviews the prospects for competence-based awards, and offers some conclusions on what is essential to a competence-based approach.

Author : Susan Vollenweider Monjan,Suzanne Marie Gassner
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Competency-based education
ISBN : 0080246230

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Critical Issues in Competency Based Education by Susan Vollenweider Monjan,Suzanne Marie Gassner Pdf

Author : Paul F. Wimmers,Marcia Mentkowski
Publisher : Springer
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319300641

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Assessing Competence in Professional Performance across Disciplines and Professions by Paul F. Wimmers,Marcia Mentkowski Pdf

This book examines the challenges of cross-professional comparisons and proposes new forms of performance assessment to be used in professions education. It addresses how complex issues are learned and assessed across and within different disciplines and professions in order to move the process of “performance assessment for learning” to the next level. In order to be better equipped to cope with increasing complexity, change and diversity in professional education and performance assessment, administrators and educators will engage in crucial systems thinking. The main question discussed by the book is how the required competence in the performance of students can be assessed during their professional education at both undergraduate and graduate levels. To answer this question, the book identifies unresolved issues and clarifies conceptual elements for performance assessment. It reviews the development of constructs that cross disciplines and professions such as critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and problem solving. It discusses what it means to instruct and assess students within their own domain of study and across various roles in multiple contexts, but also what it means to instruct and assess students across domains of study in order to judge integration and transfer of learning outcomes. Finally, the book examines what it takes for administrators and educators to develop competence in assessment, such as reliably judging student work in relation to criteria from multiple sources. "... the co-editors of this volume, Marcia Mentkowski and Paul F. Wimmers, are associated with two institutions whose characters are so intimately associated with the insight that assessment must be integrated with curriculum and instructional program if it is to become a powerful influence on the educational process ..." Lee Shulman, Stanford University

Author : Brian D. Hodges,Lorelei Lingard
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780801465369

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The Question of Competence by Brian D. Hodges,Lorelei Lingard Pdf

Medical competence is a hot topic surrounded by much controversy about how to define competency, how to teach it, and how to measure it. While some debate the pros and cons of competence-based medical education and others explain how to achieve various competencies, the authors of the seven chapters in The Question of Competence offer something very different. They critique the very notion of competence itself and attend to how it has shaped what we pay attention to—and what we ignore—in the education and assessment of medical trainees. Two leading figures in the field of medical education, Brian D. Hodges and Lorelei Lingard, drew together colleagues from the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands to explore competency from different perspectives, in order to spark thoughtful discussion and debate on the subject. The critical analyses included in the book’s chapters cover the role of emotion, the implications of teamwork, interprofessional frameworks, the construction of expertise, new directions for assessment, models of self-regulation, and the concept of mindful practice. The authors juxtapose the idea of competence with other highly valued ideas in medical education such as emotion, cognition and teamwork, drawing new insights about their intersections and implications for one another.

Author : Detlev Leutner,Jens Fleischer,Juliane Grünkorn,Eckhard Klieme
Publisher : Springer
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319500300

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Competence Assessment in Education by Detlev Leutner,Jens Fleischer,Juliane Grünkorn,Eckhard Klieme Pdf

This book addresses challenges in the theoretically and empirically adequate assessment of competencies in educational settings. It presents the scientific projects of the priority program “Competence Models for Assessing Individual Learning Outcomes and Evaluating Educational Processes,” which focused on competence assessment across disciplines in Germany. The six-year program coordinated 30 research projects involving experts from the fields of psychology, educational science, and subject-specific didactics. The main reference point for all projects is the concept of “competencies,” which are defined as “context-specific cognitive dispositions that are acquired and needed to successfully cope with certain situations or tasks in specific domains” (Koeppen et al., 2008, p. 62). The projects investigate different aspects of competence assessment: The primary focus lies on the development of cognitive models of competencies, complemented by the construction of psychometric models based on these theoretical models. In turn, the psychometric models constitute the basis for the construction of instruments for effectively measuring competencies. The assessment of competencies plays a key role in optimizing educational processes and improving the effectiveness of educational systems. This book contributes to this challenging endeavor by meeting the need for more integrative, interdisciplinary research on the structure, levels, and development of competencies.

Author : Karin Hess,Rose Colby,Daniel Joseph
Publisher : Corwin
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781544397092

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Deeper Competency-Based Learning by Karin Hess,Rose Colby,Daniel Joseph Pdf

The roadmap for your school’s CBE journey! Employ the WHAT (deeper academic and personalized learning), the WHY (equity), and the HOW (learner-centered approaches) of Competency-Based Education, maximizing the time, place, and pace of student learning. Make the shift to CBE using best practices from the authors’ CBE implementation experiences across states, districts, and schools. Build the foundation with organizational shifts - policy, leadership, culture, and professional learning Shift teaching-learning structures—rigorous learning, performance assessment, and evidence-based grading and reporting Dive into student-centered classrooms—personalized instruction and shifting mindsets for teacher-student roles, responsibilities, and classroom culture

Author : John Burke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135387891

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Competency Based Education And Training by John Burke Pdf

A selection of papers from the first symposium devoted to competency based learning held in March 1989. The book provides an historical backdrop for anyone coming new to the study of Competency-Based Education and Training (CBET).

Author : Alison Wolf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN : 0335190243

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Competence-based Assessment by Alison Wolf Pdf

Describes the main characteristics of the competence-based approach as it has emerged in the UK, and traces its origins in American experimental programmes of the 1970s. The arguments for the approach are discussed in this book. Many of these arguments derive from the demonstrable limitations of more conventional assessment.

Author : Kathryn Ecclestone
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335239450

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EBOOK: Transforming Formative Assessment in Lifelong Learning by Kathryn Ecclestone Pdf

Despite good intentions for formative assessment to enhance the quality of students' learning and motivation, it is widely misunderstood. Throughout the education system, it has become little more than a way of coaching students to meet the demands of summative assessment. This unique book combines theory, research and practical insights to demonstrate how teachers might enhance their understanding of formative assessment, particularly in vocational and adult education settings that are under pressure to meet targets for inclusion, retention and achievement. Drawing on recent research, the book includes six case studies that draw out the implications of the research findings to suggest ways in which teachers might change their assessment practice, despite the pressures in their own contexts. It considers: What is formative assessment, and what is it not? What impact do political and social factors have on assessment practices? Why do similar assessment practices have different effects in different 'learning cultures'? What role does subject knowledge play in educationally-worthwhile formative assessment? How can teachers, lecturers and other education professionals improve formative assessment? This book is essential reading for teachers, trainee teachers, staff development officers, researchers and those running training courses throughout the lifelong learning sector. It is ideal for those studying for PTLLS, CTLLS and DTLLS qualifications and for Cert Ed and PGCE awards related to the Lifelong Learning Sector. It is also relevant to various stakeholders involved in the design of qualifications, including awarding bodies, and to researchers interested in assessment and the impact of education policy on practice in all sectors of the education system, and particularly in lifelong learning. The book is authored with Jennie Davies, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Exeter, UK; Jay Derrick, Adult Education Consultant/Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Education, London, UK; and Judith Gawn, Regional Programme Director (LLN), NIACE London, UK.

Author : Eric S. Holmboe,Steven J. Durning,Richard E. Hawkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0323447341

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Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Clinical Competence by Eric S. Holmboe,Steven J. Durning,Richard E. Hawkins Pdf

Designed to help medical educators implement better assessment methods, tools, and models directly into training programs, Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Clinical Competence, 2nd Edition, by Drs. Eric S. Holmboe, Steven J. Durning, and Richard E. Hawkins, is a hands-on, authoritative guide to outcomes-based assessment in clinical education. National and international experts present an organized, multifaceted approach and a diverse combination of methods to help you perform effective assessments. This thoroughly revised edition is a valuable resource for developing, implementing, and sustaining effective systems for evaluating clinical competence in medical school, residency, and fellowship programs.

Author : Martin Mulder
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1142 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319417134

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Competence-based Vocational and Professional Education by Martin Mulder Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive overview of extant literature on competence-based vocational and professional education since the introduction of the competence concept in the 1950s. To structure the fi eld, the book distinguishes between three approaches to defi ning competence, based on 1.functional behaviourism, 2. integrated occupationalism, and 3. situated professionalism. It also distinguishes between two ways of operationalizing competence: 1. behaviour-oriented generic, and 2. task-oriented specifi c competence. Lastly, it identifi es three kinds of competencies, related to: 1. specific activities, 2. known jobs, and 3. the unknown future. Competence for the unknown future must receive more attention, as our world is rapidly evolving and there are many ‘glocal’ challenges which call for innovation and a profound transformation of policies and practices. Th e book presents a range of diff erent approaches to competence-based education, and demonstrates that competencebased education is a worldwide innovation, which is institutionalized in various ways. It presents the major theories and policies, specifi c components of educational systems, such as recognition, accreditation, modelling and assessment, and developments in discipline-oriented and transversal competence domains. Th e book concludes by synthesizing the diff erent perspectives with the intention to contribute to further improving vocational and professional education policy and practice. Joao Santos, Deputy Head of Unit C5, Vocational Training and Adult Education, Directorate General for Employment, Social Aff airs and Inclusion, European Commission: “This comprehensive work on competence-based education led by Martin Mulder, provides an excellent and timely contribution to the current debate on a New Skills Agenda for Europe, and the challenge of bridging the employment and education and training worlds closer together. Th is book will infl uence our work aimed at improving the relevance of vocational education to support initial and continuing vocational education and training policy and practice aimed at strengthening the key competencies for the 21st century.” Prof. Dr. Reinhold Weiss, Deputy President and Head of the Research, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), Bonn, Germany: “This book illustrates that the idea and concept of competence is not only a buzzword in educational debates but key to innovative pedagogical thinking as well as educational practice.” Prof. Dr. Johanna Lasonen, College of Education, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA: "Competence-based Vocational and Professional Education is one of the most important multi-disciplinary book in education and training. Th is path-breaking book off ers a timely, rich and global perspective on the fi eld. Th e book is a good resource for practitioners, policymakers and researchers."

Author : Patrick Griffin,Esther Care
Publisher : Springer
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789401793957

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Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills by Patrick Griffin,Esther Care Pdf

This second volume of papers from the ATC21STM project deals with the development of an assessment and teaching system of 21st century skills. Readers are guided through a detailed description of the methods used in this process. The first volume was published by Springer in 2012 (Griffin, P., McGaw, B. & Care, E., Eds., Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills, Dordrecht: Springer). The major elements of this new volume are the identification and description of two 21st century skills that are amenable to teaching and learning: collaborative problem solving, and learning in digital networks. Features of the skills that need to be mirrored in their assessment are identified so that they can be reflected in assessment tasks. The tasks are formulated so that reporting of student performance can guide implementation in the classroom for use in teaching and learning. How simple tasks can act as platforms for development of 21st century skills is demonstrated, with the concurrent technical infrastructure required for its support. How countries with different languages and cultures participated and contributed to the development process is described. The psychometric qualities of the online tasks developed are reported, in the context of the robustness of the automated scoring processes. Finally, technical and educational issues to be resolved in global projects of this nature are outlined.

Author : Phillip D. Rutherford,Phillip R. Rutherford
Publisher : Woodslane Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997-05
Category : Competency-based education
ISBN : 0582804671

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Competency Based Assessment by Phillip D. Rutherford,Phillip R. Rutherford Pdf

A guide to implementing a competency based system of assessment to identify competencies in the workplace, based on studies in Australia and overseas. Provides an introduction of the system and how to make it work, while chapters discuss such topics as writing competency standards, managing the system, judging evidence of competency and maintaining a quality assured system. Includes four appendices, a glossary and an index. The author has been involved in industry training and staff development for over 20 years.

Author : John Preston
Publisher : Springer
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319551104

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Competence Based Education and Training (CBET) and the End of Human Learning by John Preston Pdf

This book radically counters the optimism sparked by Competence Based Education and Training, an educational philosophy that has re-emerged in Schooling, Vocational and Higher Education in the last decade. CBET supposedly offers a new type of learning that will lead to skilled employment; here, Preston instead presents the competency movement as one which makes the concept of human learning redundant. Starting with its origins in Taylorism, the slaughterhouse and radical behaviourism, the book charts the history of competency education to its position as a global phenomenon today, arguing that competency is opposed to ideas of process, causality and analog human movement that are fundamental to human learning.

Author : María Luisa Pérez Cañado
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400753860

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Competency-based Language Teaching in Higher Education by María Luisa Pérez Cañado Pdf

Spanning the divide between the theory and praxis of competency-based teaching in tertiary language education, this volume contains invaluable practical guidance for the post-secondary sector on how to approach, teach, and assess competencies in Bologna-adapted systems of study. It presents the latest results of prominent European research projects, programs of pedagogical innovation, and thematically linked academic networks. Responding to a profound need for a volume addressing the practical aspects of the newly designed language degrees now being rolled out across Europe, this essential contribution pools the insights of a prestigious set of scholars, practitioners, and policy makers from diverse parts of Europe and the US. It will inform crucial decisions about instituting and evaluating competencies in a new generation of language studies programmes. ​