Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education – Validation and Methodological Innovations

www.kompetenzen-im-hochschulsektor.de

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Humboldt University of Berlin

Prof. Hans Anand Pant Corinna LautenbachProf. Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia Miriam Toepper

Background and Focus of the Research Program

Valid assessment of competencies acquired in higher education can provide important information about the preconditions for,influences on, and outcomes of teaching and learning in higher education. In the first funding phase of the German research program“Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education“ (KoKoHs), funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Researchfrom 2011 to 2015, competency models and corresponding test instruments were developed and tested empirically throughoutGermany. In the new KoKoHs program from 2015 to 2019, existing models and instruments are being validated in depth, andinnovative methods for assessment and analysis are being developed and tested. The focus is on longitudinal multilevel analyses for(field) experimental assessment studies as well as on transfer of results into higher education practice.

Aims of the Scientific Transfer Project

From 2015 to 2019, the scientific transfer project at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Humboldt University of Berlin aims to optimize the overallresearch performance of the program by promoting exchange, disseminating results and findings, and supporting the transfer into practice. Through systematicintegration of results and findings, the project fosters national and international compatibility and visibility of KoKoHs research and promotes the use ofcompetency models and instruments to improve higher education practice and policy.

April 2016 Opening Conference & Round Table I

Fall 2016 Interdisciplinary Workshop for Doctoral Students & Round Table II

Fall 2017 Round Table III

Spring 2018 International Junior Faculty Research Conference & Round Table IV

Winter 2018/2019

Round Table V

Fall 2019 Closing Conference & Round Table VI

International Cooperation

KoKoHs cooperates with more than 50 international experts from 20 countries.

KoKoHs Events

www.kompetenzen-im-hochschulsektor.de

Competencies in Teacher Education

Domain-independent

Competencies

Domain-specific Competencies

(Medicine/Economics)

ASTRALITEAssessment and Training

of Scientific Literacy

ÄKHOMMedical Competencies

WiWiKom IIValid Assessment of Students‘

Development of Professional Business and Economic Competencies over the Course of

their Studies

BilWiss-UVReturns and Development of

Educational Knowledge

Pro-KomMaProfessionalization of Early

Childhood Teacher EducationELMaWi

Assessing Subject-Specific Competencies in Teacher Education in Mathematics and Economics

MultiTexProcess-based Assessment of Multiple

Documents Comprehension

PRO-SRL-EVAProduct- and Process-oriented Modeling and Assessment of Self-Regulation Competencies

in Higher Education

Recent publication

Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Pant, H. A., Kuhn, C., Toepper, M., Lautenbach, C. & Molerov, D. (2016). Assessment Practices in Higher Education and Results of the German Research Program Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education. Research & Practice in Assessment. (in press)..

TEDS-ValidierungValidation of the Instruments from the international

Comparative TEDS-M Study and its Follow-Up TEDS-FU

PlanVoLL-DThe Role of Professional Knowledge of Pre-Service

Teachers in their Lesson Planning

ProfiLe-P+Professional Competence in Academic

Physics Teacher Education

WiWiSETValidation of an Entrance Examination in the

Study Domain of Business and Economics

Ko-NaMaSimulation-based Measurement and

Validation of a Competence Model for Sustainability Management

KomPrüPerformance-based Assessment

of Students‘ Communication Skills

ValiDiSCompetence Modeling and Assessment:

Validation of the Test Score Interpretations of a Scientific Reasoning Test

Scientific Transfer ProjectJoint framework for the 15 collaborative

projects