Child care and auto body students in 11th and 12th grades (n=279) completed two separate administrations of occupational competency tests: paper followed by paper, paper followed by Internet-based, Internet-paper, or Internet-Internet. No statistically significant differences appeared. Scores on the second administration were higher for the…

New Hampshire's Competency-Based Transcript includes traditional transcript information and demonstration of cross-cutting skills (decision making, problem solving, communication, interpersonal, information use) with applications in math, science, social studies, and English. These skills are assessed against competency-based performance…

Case studies of competency-based training demonstrate the narrowness of a conception of vocational competence that does not include tacit skills and experienced judgment. New approaches to understanding the multilocational, interrelated processes of knowing and doing are needed in order to devise a new definition of competence. (Contains 37…

A look at the history of marketing education shows how it has influenced the education of students and how its concepts are still being used in education today. Marketing educators were pioneers in educational opportunities for women, performance-based education, cooperative education, and leadership development. (JOW)

Responses from 254 of 990 Association for Business Communication Members revealed that only 11% used competency-based instruction to teach business/management communication. Barriers to use included satisfaction with traditional instruction, lack of knowledge, lack of incentives/resources, difficulty scheduling facilities, and student inability to…

Examines the current understanding of competence and move toward a holistic perspective. Uses examples from research to develop an interpretive-relational perspective in which the individual's conception of competence cannot be separated from the context of their work, situation, and experience. (SK)

Urges teachers who have replaced teacher-planned and implemented instruction with less effective instruction because of the Ohio Proficiency Tests to recast their teacher role from passive technician to that of proactive decision-maker. (NH)

The development of competency-based education and evaluation for residents and practicing physicians by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), respectively, includes the competency of practice-based learning and improvement. Efforts to implement this and the other competencies…

There has been a burgeoning interest in competency-based education and credentialing in professional psychology. This movement gained momentum at the Competencies Conference: Future Directions in Education and Credentialing in Professional Psychology. After defining professional competence, the author focuses on the identification and delineation…

In 1997, in an unprecedented effort to resolve a cluster of practical problems that each of them faced, the governors of 19 western states formally launched the university that bears their name. The governors intended their new university to be student-centered but market-oriented; independent but serving needs across the western region through…

The analysis of the data from an 84.2 percent questionnaire response by Indiana extension agents and agribusiness teachers provides 12 conclusions regarding their competency needs and five recommendations regarding inservice teacher training and courses needed in the areas of entomology. (BP)

Reported is a study of the development of a set of elementary school science teaching competencies with significant elementary school teacher input and of a comparison of ratings of elementary school teachers with science teacher educators on three scales: (1) when a competency should be taught, (2) what role the university should have in teaching…

Supervision in schools today requires a team approach. A professional supervisor will respect the professional status of the school staff and will encourage each member to perform leadership tasks. Educational leaders should keep informed in their field and endeavor to improve their supervisory methods. They should use current techniques to…

Student self-pacing, competency standards, scope, theory base and state-imposed accountability legislation are discussed as problems facing competency-based teacher education. (CP)

Two movements in American education are referred to as competency-based education (CBE). The purpose of the first is to protect traditional symbols of achievement such as high school diplomas and teaching certificates. The second builds on basic concepts of learning theory, emphasizing objectives, performance by practitioners, and learner…