Reality-based tasks for competency-based education: The need for an integrated analysis of subject-specific, linguistic, and contextual task features

• Published in: Learning and individual differences Vol. 114; p. 102518
• Main Authors: Leiss, Dominik, Ehmke, Timo, Heine, Lena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.08.2024
• Subjects: Assessment; Competency-based education; Language competence; Mathematical competence; Test items; Competency-based education; Test items; Mathematical competence; Language competence; Assessment

In evaluating competency-based education, effective test instruments must address real-life complexities. The impact of subject-specific, linguistic, and contextual task features, alongside central personal characteristics, on the empirical challenge of such tasks is unclear. We developed mathematic...