Evaluating assessment quality in competence-based education: A qualitative comparison of two frameworks

Educational Research Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 114-129

  Baartman, Liesbeth K J ^a,b   Bastiaens, Theo J ^b,c   Kirschner, Paul A ^a,b   van der Vleuten, Cees P M ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment programmes; Competence based education; Evaluation criteria; Quality control

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048987051     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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