Beyond dichotomies: Competence viewed as a continuum

Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-13

  Blömeke, Sigrid ^a   Gustafsson, Jan Eric ^a,b   Shavelson, Richard J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SK Partners   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability; Cognition; Competence assessment; Competencies; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922567017     PISSN: 21908370     EISSN: 21512604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000194     Document Type: Review

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