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Hladik, Jakub – Multicultural Perspectives, 2016
In this article, I focus on assessing multicultural competence of helping-profession students. The "Multicultural Competence Scale of Helping-Profession Students" was used for data collection. The aim of the research was to find out the level of students' multicultural competence due to the current lack of this information in Central…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Competence, Rating Scales, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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
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
Smoláková, Nikoleta; Švajdaa, Juraj; Koróny, Samuel; Cincera, Jan – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
This study compares the inquiry competence of the 8th-grade students participating in the science and environmental education program GLOBE in the Czech Republic with a sample of students of the same age not participating in the program from the Slovak and Czech Republics. Inquiry competence is analyzed as a set of variables representing students'…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Minimum Competency Testing, Environmental Education, Science Education
Epstein, Robert; Phan, Victoria – Creativity Research Journal, 2012
In a follow-up to a previously published study (Epstein, Schmidt, & Warfel, 2008), an ethnically-diverse sample of 13,578 people in 47 countries (mainly the United States and Canada) took an online test that measures 4 trainable competencies that have been shown to enhance creative expression in individuals. The new study confirmed that the…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creativity, Art Expression, Skill Analysis
Taylor-Ritzler, Tina; Suarez-Balcazar, Yolanda; Garcia-Iriarte, Edurne; Henry, David B.; Balcazar, Fabricio E. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2013
This study describes the development and validation of the Evaluation Capacity Assessment Instrument (ECAI), a measure designed to assess evaluation capacity among staff of nonprofit organizations that is based on a synthesis model of evaluation capacity. One hundred and sixty-nine staff of nonprofit organizations completed the ECAI. The 68-item…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Nonprofit Organizations, Capacity Building
Matthews, Kelly E.; Hodgson, Yvonne; Varsavsky, Cristina – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2013
There is international agreement that quantitative skills (QS) are an essential graduate competence in science. QS refer to the application of mathematical and statistical thinking and reasoning in science. This study reports on the use of the Science Students Skills Inventory to capture final year science students' perceptions of their QS across…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Performance Factors, Statistical Analysis, Skill Development
Ober, Anne M.; Granello, Darcy Haag; Wheaton, Joe E. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2012
Grief is prevalent in counseling, but little is known about the current status of counselors' preparation and competencies to provide effective care. This exploratory study surveyed counselors (N = 369) on grief training, personal and professional experiences with grief, and grief counseling competence. Multiple regression analyses found training…
Descriptors: Grief, Minimum Competencies, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Training
Litster, Kristin; Roberts, Jillian – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2011
The current meta-analysis compares the self-concepts and perceived competencies of gifted and non-gifted students. Using meta-analytic methods to synthesise the results of 40 studies, we found that gifted students scored significantly higher than non-gifted students on measures of academic and behavioural perceived competence, as well as global…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Meta Analysis, Self Concept, Gifted
Shuster, Kate – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2012
Using the nationally representative, cohort-based data of the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:02), this study employs multiple regression to examine the effects of exit exams on student achievement and school completion. This study finds that exit exams as a whole do not have substantial effects on student achievement in mathematics,…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Tests
Amer, T. S.; Mohrweis, Lawrence C. – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
This study describes the multifaceted components of an assessment process. The paper explains a novel approach in which an advisory council participated in a "fun," hands-on activity to rank-order learning outcomes. The top ranked learning competency, as identified by the advisory council, was the need for students to gain a better…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Outcome Measures, Minimum Competency Testing
Goodman, Gay; Arbona, Consuelo; Dominguez de Rameriz, Romilia – Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
Increasingly, teacher educators recommend authentic, performance-related measures for evaluating teacher candidates. Nevertheless, more states are requiring teachers to pass high-stakes, minimum-competency exams. This study examined the relation between teacher candidate scores on authentic measures and their scores on certification exams required…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Teacher Competencies, Preservice Teacher Education, Portfolio Assessment

Dobry, Alberta M.; And Others – Action in Teacher Education, 1985
This study correlated scores on the NTE Test of Professional Knowledge (PK) with the Rating Scale of Student Teacher Competence (RSSTC) and between each of these with overall grade-point average (GPA). The lack of relationship between PK and RSSTC scores indicates that the PK may measure a different domain. (MT)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Minimum Competency Testing, Predictor Variables, Student Teachers
Emond, Susie – 1979
A discriminant analysis of the relationships between 335 Florida students' first and second grade scores on the reading subtests of the Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT) and their third grade scores on the Florida Statewide Assessment Test (FSAT) was undertaken, using race, sex, and intelligence as independent variables. Three null hypotheses…
Descriptors: Discriminant Analysis, Minimum Competency Testing, Predictor Variables, Primary Education
Licata, Paul; Snider, William J. – 1987
In 1987, a study was conducted to evaluate the ability of several variables to predict student performance on Florida's minimum competency test for rising juniors, the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST). The variables included grades received in required courses; semesters elapsed prior to taking required courses after entering college;…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing
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