Facilitating evaluations of innovative, competence-based assessments: Creating understanding and involving multiple stakeholders

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-127

  Gulikers, Judith T M ^a   Baartman, Liesbeth K J ^b   Biemans, Harm J A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Evaluation; Multiple stakeholders; Quality assurance; Teacher professionalization

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; STUDENT; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL; STUDENTS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 74449085189     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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