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Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education

Part of the book series: Professional and Vet Learning ((PAVL,volume 1))

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The theme of this conference, “Modeling and Measurement of Competences in Higher Education”, indicates that there is a growing awareness that the measurement of competences should not be restricted to primary and secondary education, but should also enter into the domain of higher education.

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  1. Research Center for Education and the Labor Market, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

    Rolf van der Velden

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  1. Institute of Education, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany

    Sigrid Blömeke

  2. Chair of Business Education, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

    Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia

  3. Chair of Business Education, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

    Christiane Kuhn

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Velden, R.v.d. (2013). Measuring Competences in Higher Education. In: Blömeke, S., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Kuhn, C., Fege, J. (eds) Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education. Professional and Vet Learning, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-867-4_15

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