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Bergsmann, Evelyn; Klug, Julia; Burger, Christoph; Först, Nora; Spiel, Christiane – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
There is a lively discussion on how to evaluate competence-based higher education in both evaluation and competence research. The instruments used are often limited to course evaluation or specific competences, taking a rather narrow perspective. Furthermore, the instruments often comprise predetermined competences that cannot be adapted to higher…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Minimum Competency Testing, Screening Tests, Higher Education
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Nazarenko, Alexander V.; Kolesnik, Anna I. – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
This paper provides new and effective modes of professional environmental training for future teachers. We have designed a model of environmental awareness. It was used in the pedagogical experiment to develop a holistic view regarding its significance in the overall structure of professional competence of future ecology experts. We have…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Professional Training, Holistic Approach, Ecology
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Pinto, María; Fernández-Pascual, Rosaura – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2017
Restricted to five Spanish public universities, this paper examines knowledge about information literacy competencies--that is, the objective dimension--among a population of social sciences students, as well as two subjective dimensions: students' belief in the importance of information literacy, hereafter called "belief-in-importance",…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Minimum Competency Testing, Information Literacy, Knowledge Level
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Park, Jae-Young; Luo, Heng – International Education Studies, 2017
This study investigates the instructional designers (IDs) competencies essential for the context of online higher education, and has selected an instruction design unit in a research university as a case of investigation. To identify and compare IDs competencies at organizational and individual levels, this study employed a mixed method to collect…
Descriptors: Models, Instructional Design, Higher Education, Online Courses
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Lindemann-Matthies, Petra; Remmele, Martin; Yli-Panula, Eija – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2017
This study investigates how well prepared student teachers are to implement species identification in school. Data were collected with the help of a questionnaire and a PowerPoint presentation in which local plant and animal species were presented. Participants (n = 357) correctly identified, on average, 23% of the plants and 44% of the animals.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing
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Galván-Fernández, Cristina; Rubio-Hurtado, María José; Martínez-Olmo, Francesc; Rodríguez-Illera, José Luis – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2017
The study analyzes the improvement in generic competences through e-portfolio/PLE platform and didactic planning. The new version of the platform, Digital Folder, contains utilities for students and teachers and some PLE components that help the learning process through e-portfolios. Didactic planning is compared for students from the University…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Portfolio Assessment, Courseware, Usability
Simons, Mathea; Meeus, Will; T'Sas, Jan – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2017
Effective media education requires that teachers have sufficient media literacy competencies as well as the competencies to promote media literacy in students. This article describes the development of a questionnaire to measure these competencies individually or as a team. The questionnaire was developed in five stages. A systematic and critical…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Media Literacy, Journalism Education, Teacher Competencies
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Álvarez-Arregu, Emilio; Rodríguez-Martín, Alejandro; Madrigal-Maldonado, Rafael; Grossi-Sampedro, Beatriz-Ángeles; Arreguit, Xavier – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2017
In a globalized and media society with unprecedented technological development, institutions of higher education are adapting their training models to face this new challenge. This study aimed to determine students' self-perception of their media competence and the differential influence of an ecosystemic model of training that is being…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Assessment, Program Implementation, Mixed Methods Research
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Murugan, Agelyia; Sai, George Teoh Boon; Lin, Agnes Liau Wei – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) by using devices such as mobile phones is an ideal learning platform for learners to acquire language and share knowledge beyond the confines of a fixed location. By utilizing the mobile applications available via smartphone, learners can engage in collaborative networks and find information in a variety of…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, English (Second Language)
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Baro, Ebikabowei Emmanuel; Eze, Monica Eberechukwu – Communications in Information Literacy, 2015
The authors of this paper investigated the level of information communication technology-related (ICT) information literacy (IL) skills of librarians in Nigerian Colleges of Education (COE) in order to discover the challenges they face in acquiring these skills. A descriptive survey method was adopted using a questionnaire. Study participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Schools of Education, Information Literacy
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Binuomote, M. O.; Okoli, B. E. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The paper examined the business competencies required by business education students for entrepreneurial development in Nigeria. To achieve the objective, two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Survey design was adopted for the study. The population comprised 6002 business education students. Six hundred…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Minimum Competency Testing, Minimum Competencies, Business Skills
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Mugimu, Christopher Byalusaago; Mugisha, Wilson Rwandembo – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2017
Assessment in health sciences education has become an extremely critical issue in recent years, given the rapidly changing disease patterns and behavioral changes in communities among diverse cultural and economic contexts of patients. Globally, there is increasing demand for highly qualified contemporary healthcare professionals. Subsequently,…
Descriptors: Health Sciences, Case Studies, Clinical Experience, Statistical Analysis
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Niemi, Hannele; Nevgi, Anne; Aksit, Fisun – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
This study investigates student teachers' active learning experiences in teacher education (TE) in Finnish and Turkish contexts and attempts to determine how active learning methods' impact student teachers' professional competences. Student teachers (N = 728) assessed their active learning experiences and the professional competences they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Student Teachers, Professional Education
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Galambos, Colleen; Curl, Angela L.; Woodbury, Karen – Journal of Social Work Education, 2014
This article reports on the pilot delivery of an evaluation method to gauge student learning of gerontological competencies. Using a pretest and posttest design, data were collected on 46 students over 3 classes. Results indicated significant improvement in how students rated or perceived their competencies skill level between pretest and posttest…
Descriptors: Gerontology, Pilot Projects, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods
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Wheeling, Barbara M.; Miller, Donald S.; Slocombe, Thomas E. – Journal of Education for Business, 2015
The purpose of this research was to document the extent to which Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)-accredited business schools have implemented strategies to improve students' ability to achieve program learning objectives. Assessment of academic programs is increasingly important at AACSB schools. Compliance with…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Improvement Programs, Academic Ability, Behavioral Objectives
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