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Nora McCarthy; Karen Neville; Andrew Pope – Discover Education, 2025
The terms 'feedback' and 'formative assessment' are ubiquitous in education, but their conceptual boundaries are ill-defined. This perspective piece explores the meaning of 'feedback' and 'formative assessment', revealing the entanglement and confusion that exists between these two terms. An argument for clarity of terms is made, to avoid…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Formative Evaluation, Definitions, Language Usage
Açikgöz, Tacettin; Babadogan, Mustafa Cem – Psycho-Educational Research Reviews, 2021
This study aimed to reach a pro on Competency-Based Education (CBE) through the opinions of Educational Sciences experts and to review the literature on CBE. In this study, convergent design, one of the mixed methods research, was used, and a semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The sample was selected through convenience…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Definitions, Misconceptions
Hansen, Julia; Hammann, Marcus – Science & Education, 2017
Risk is always present in people's lives: diseases, new technologies, socio-scientific issues (SSIs) such as climate change, and advances in medicine--to name just a few examples--all carry risks. To be able to navigate risks in everyday life, as well as to participate in social debate on risk-related issues, students need to develop risk…
Descriptors: Risk, Science Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Scientific Literacy
Vitello, Sylvia; Greatorex, Jackie; Shaw, Stuart – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2021
The aim of this report is to build a shared understanding of competence by providing clarity around the concept and its implications for educational practice. The authors present an understanding of competence that is research-based, relevant and appropriate for diverse educational contexts. This will help to create stimulating, thoughtful and…
Descriptors: Competence, Definitions, Educational Practices, Competency Based Education
Curry, Lynn; Docherty, Marcia – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2017
The rapid and widespread adoption of competency-based education (CBE) has brought into sharp focus long-standing tensions built into education systems, particularly for graduate and professional schools. We all share the desire to produce graduates equipped to respond capably in a rapidly changing world. However, many of us struggle with the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Design, Program Implementation
Friend, Bruce; Patrick, Susan; Schneider, Carri; Vander Ark, Tom – iNACOL, 2017
The goal of this report is to inform schools, families and communities about the potential of personalized learning and empower them with ways to support the shift to student-centered learning. The authors define personalized learning and describe why it matters. They highlight examples of personalized learning in action to show how personalized…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Student Centered Learning, Competency Based Education, Definitions
Boninger, Faith; Molnar, Alex; Saldaña, Christopher M. – National Education Policy Center, 2019
Personalized learning programs are proliferating in schools across the United States, fueled by philanthropic dollars, tech industry lobbying, marketing by third-party vendors, and a policy environment that provides little guidance and few constraints. In this research brief, authors Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, and Christopher M. Saldaña consider…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Children, Privacy, Curriculum
Frost, Dale; Worthen, Maria – iNACOL, 2017
Competency-based education is a next generation learning model that focuses on all students achieving mastery, preparing them for success in college, careers and civic life. State leaders can support policy for K-12 competency-based education to help all students succeed. This iNACOL Issue Brief provides an overview of competency-based education,…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Competency Based Education
Zogla, Irena – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2018
The article addresses and provides an introduction to "pedagogy" in its capacity of science and a university discipline in the field of "education sciences." Nowadays not only teacher education programmes are embedded in theories and follow transitions of "pedagogy." These have become even more complex, therefore,…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Practices, Intellectual Disciplines, Teacher Education Programs
Levine, Eliot; Patrick, Susan – Aurora Institute, 2019
The original working definition of competency-based education was developed in 2011 at the National Summit for K-12 Competency-Based Education (Sturgis, Patrick, & Pittenger, 2011). The Summit was hosted by the Aurora Institute (formerly iNACOL) and the Council of Chief State School Officers, with more than 100 education innovators and…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Definitions, Misconceptions, Student Empowerment
Bolzani, Daniela; Luppi, Elena – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: While the number of entrepreneurship education programmes offered around the world is on the rise, research into the assessment of entrepreneurship education programmes is still lacking. The purpose of this paper is to take the stance that entrepreneurship education has to focus on a set of transversal competences aimed at teaching…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Program Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Guidelines
Tate, Pamela; Klein-Collins, Rebecca – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2015
Competency-based education (CBE) is the hot new thing in higher education. While forms of CBE have been around since the 1970s, there has been a surge of interest in CBE, with more than 600 postsecondary institutions now reporting that they are either offering competency-based degree programs or are planning to do so. Similarly, institutional…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Prior Learning, Higher Education, Program Descriptions
Burnette, Diane M. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2016
Although competency-based education (CBE) has existed since the early 1970s adult-focused degree programs, interest in CBE has spiked in recent years due to the increased attention on higher education affordability and accountability. This article reviews the extant literature on CBE to address the following questions: (a) What are the definitions…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Literature Reviews, Definitions, Program Descriptions
Devaney, Elizabeth – American Institutes for Research, 2015
During the past 20 years, the afterschool field has been held accountable in varying ways--first, on the ability to provide safe places for young people to spend time while their parents work; then, on success in helping to improve participants' academic achievement as a supplement to the school day. Today, measuring success in afterschool…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Socialization, Emotional Development, Definitions
Korchemny, Petr A. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the presented problems in the paper is conditioned by the fact that the process of implementation of the competence approach into the educational space of Russia is in contact with a number of theoretical inconsistencies which are directly related to understanding the formation and mastering of competences. The goal of the paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competence, Competency Based Education, Educational Practices