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Measurement Advances and Challenges in Competency Assessment in Higher Education
2016
Domain-specific and generic competencies have become target outcomes of students' learning in higher education, and competency assessment plays an increasingly important role in higher education on an international scale. Recent reviews of the literature show that there is still a substantial lack of research on assessment practices in higher education, especially on measurement models and valid instruments for competency assessment. This special issue provides an overview of current international research and innovative developments in this research area, covering a broad range of assessment perspectives, addressing prevalent shortcomings of educational assessment practices, and presenting…
Public health leadership
2014
Background The public’s health is determined by a plethora of influences at local, national or international scale. In addition, people, services and goods have become much more mobile and the electronic revolution has fundamentally changed the range of options available to deliver public health. These changes require a reconsideration of the traditional notions of public health leadership and of approaches to develop public health …