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Garrigues, Sarah M. – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2012
Directors too often rely primarily on their hunches to guide them in employee selection. But what if their hunches are only 30 percent correct? Potentially, one bad hire could be responsible for a noticeable decrease in enrollment and, as a result, the school's net revenue. In this article, the author discusses the Competency-Based Behavioral…
Descriptors: Competence, Career Counseling, Interviews, Personnel Evaluation
Ostergren, Marilyn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Visuals (maps, charts, diagrams and illustrations) are an important tool for communication in most scientific disciplines, which means that scientists benefit from having strong visual communication skills. This dissertation examines the nature of competence in visual communication and the means by which scientists acquire this competence. This…
Descriptors: Scientists, Competence, Communication Skills, Visual Aids
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McCollum, Brett M.; Regier, Lisa; Leong, Jaque; Simpson, Sarah; Sterner, Shayne – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
The impact of touch-screen technology on spatial cognitive skills as related to molecular geometries was assessed through 102 one-on-one interviews with undergraduate students. Participants were provided with either printed 2D ball-and-stick images of molecules or manipulable projections of 3D molecular structures on an iPad. Following a brief…
Descriptors: Molecular Structure, Visualization, Competence, Skill Development
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Carter, Erik W.; Swedeen, Beth; Walter, Martha J.; Moss, Colleen K.; Hsin, Ching-Ting – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2011
Increasingly, researchers have linked greater self-determination capacities to improved postsecondary outcomes for youth with disabilities. Although leadership is one component of self-determination, little is known about how youth and young adults with disabilities define, develop, and demonstrate leadership. In this qualitative interview study,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Young Adults, Youth Leaders, Leadership
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Curran, Vernon R.; Butler, Roger; Duke, Pauline; Eaton, William H.; Moffatt, Scott M.; Sherman, Greg P.; Pottle, Madge – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
Clinical competence is a multidimensional concept and encompasses a variety of skills including procedural, problem-solving and clinical judgement. The initial stages of postgraduate medical training are believed to be a particularly important time for the development of clinical skill competencies. This study reports on an evaluation of a…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Physical Examinations, Focus Groups, Family Practice (Medicine)
Ngee, Lee Mah – Online Submission, 2011
This paper presents a study of 428 youths who participated in service-learning projects in developing countries in South-East Asia, China and India. Using mixed-method approach, this study examined the reasons for their participation in the YEP (youth expedition projects) and the impact of their service-learning experiences on their civic…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Citizen Participation, Service Learning, Foreign Countries
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Stiwne, Elinor Edvardsson; Jungert, Tomas – Journal of Education and Work, 2010
The focus in this paper is on how students experience their transition from their education to being employed as engineers in relation to the concept of employability. Four cohorts of students in a master's programme in engineering were monitored annually with a "follow-up" one year after graduation. Results show that there were differences in the…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Job Satisfaction, Engineering, Education Work Relationship
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Beer, Christopher; Watson, Natasha; Caputo, Lisa; Hird, Kathryn; Flicker, Leon – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2011
Medical graduates require positive attitudes toward older people with cognitive impairment, in addition to knowledge and skills in the diagnosis and management of dementia. The Student Training Project in Dementia (STriDE) project was conducted to ensure that these needs are met through curricula in Western Australian medical schools. Two medical…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Dementia, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
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Liles, Richard T.; Mustian, R. David – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2004
The authors present a rationale for developing core competencies for training and organizational development in extension. Core competencies are defined as "the basic knowledge, attitudes, skills, and observable behaviors that lead to excellence in the workplace." Competency-based models can be used to create an infrastructure that…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Competency Based Education, Systems Approach, Organizational Development