Graded Assessment Models for Competency-Based Training in Vocational Education and Training

Competency-Based Training Virtual Classroom for Vocational Training on WWW

In this paper, a distributed distance education system is built on WWW (World-Wide Web), called CBTVC (Competency-Based Training Virtual Classroom). This system extends CBT self-learning materials for vocational training into asynchronous distance education net and offers a “Registration Self-learning Qualification” learning cycle. This research investigates the characteristics of distance educ...

Vocational education and training

Achieving competency in psychological assessment: directions for education and training.

This article provides an overview of issues related to the development and evaluation of competency in psychological assessment. Specifically, we delineate the goals, ideas, and directions identified by the psychological assessment work group in the Competencies Conference: Future Directions in Education and Credentialing in Professional Psychology. This is one of a series of articles published...

Competency Based Assessment in Vocational Education and Training : Recent Investigations and Some Current Issues Using Different Research

Over recent years competency-based training and assessment have gained the attention of teachers and trainers. National competency standards for the teaching profession were the focus of an Australian Teacher Education symposium at which Leo Bartlett and Glen Evans were main contributors (Cairns, 1992). Later, the Australian College of Education published a collection of articles on the compete...

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...