Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education

Effects of prior economic education, native language, and gender on economic knowledge of first-year students in higher education. A comparative study between Germany and the USA

“…Indeed, these studies require understanding of complex multidimensional latent constructs. In addition, ability levels can only be inferred from manifest behavior in response to the demands of specific situations, which can be presented in the form of test items (see Blömeke et al 2013).…”

Implementing Efficiency Measures of Forms Enhancing Employees’ Competencies by Middle-Sized Companies Operating on the Polish Market—Research Results Based on the Case Study Method

“…Identifying measurable training needs and purposes of training itself; 2. Appointing two employee groups of which only one will participate in the training (Blömeke, Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Kuhn, & Fege, 2011); 3. Carrying out a test on both groups prior to the training; 4.…”

The Impact of International Large-Scale Assessments on Work-related Educational Monitoring and Policy-making in Germany

“…At the same time, professional skills of teachers in vocational education and training have not, until very recently, received much attention. Financial support by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research for such proposals was not available until 2012 (see Blömeke et al, 2013), so it is too soon to expect to see practical effects. The close relationship to international large-scale assessments is quite obvious here too, however: the designs developed in this line of research are methodologically much indebted to the IEA 'Teacher Education and Development Study' (TEDS-M) (Blömeke, 2012;Tatto et al, 2012).…”