Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education Tasks and Challenges /

Measuring competencies acquired over the course of higher education is an area of research that largely has been neglected. This deficit can be attributed to the complexity of academic competencies since the variety of institutions, programs, occupational fields and job requirements render it diffic...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Blm̲eke, Sigrid. (Editor), Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga. (Editor), Kuhn, Christiane. (Editor), Sriraman, Judith. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2013.
Series:Professional and Vet Learning ; 1
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-867-4
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