Metrics for Students' Soft Skills

Autor/inn/en	Devedzic, Vladan; Tomic, Bojan; Jovanovic, Jelena; Kelly, Matthew; Milikic, Nikola; Dimitrijevic, Sonja; Djuric, Dragan; Sevarac, Zoran
Titel	Metrics for Students' Soft Skills
Quelle	In: Applied Measurement in Education, 31 (2018) 4, S.283-296 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-7347
DOI	10.1080/08957347.2018.1495212
Schlagwörter	Skills; Measurement; Measurement Techniques; Student Evaluation; Research Projects + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Skill; Fertigkeit; Messverfahren; Messtechnik; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Forschungsvorhaben
Abstract	This article presents a systematic approach to defining, applying, evaluating, refining, and revising metrics for students' soft skills--their abilities like critical thinking, problem solving, leadership and responsibility, communication, and collaboration. The importance of these skills in educational and work settings is growing rapidly. While such skills are easy to notice, they are hard to measure. Metrics do exist, but vary from one case to another, and are often rather implicit and vague. Contrary to that, this article proposes the use of precisely specified, measurable, low-inference indicators (metrics) to assess soft skills. The article also introduces an open set of principles that can be used to guide the specification of concrete, evidence-based metrics for different soft skills. Two case studies are used to illustrate the approach. These case studies are part of a larger research effort that has developed an open set of metrics for different soft skills; some of them are discussed in the article extensively. Generalizing the metrics used in specific educational contexts is also discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01