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Autor/in | McKenna, Bernard |
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Titel | Minimal Competency Testing: The Need for a Broader Context. |
Quelle | In: Educational Horizons, 58 (1979) 1, S.14-19 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
Schlagwörter | Stellungnahme; Competence; Competency Based Education; Daily Living Skills; Definitions; Educational Testing; Elementary Secondary Education; Minimum Competency Testing; Nontraditional Education; Program Design; Testing Problems |
Abstract | Citing William Spady's distinction between capacity and competence, the author asserts that current competency tests mainly measure academic (capacity) not life (competency) skills. He then considers problems inherent in delineating, teaching, and testing essential practical living competencies and presents some alternatives. Part of a theme issue on student assessment. (SJL) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2004/1/01 |