Social and Citizenship Competence in General Diagnostic Tests

The paper presents an analysis of the General Diagnostic Evaluation tests of the Spanish Ministry of Education regarding social and citizenship competences. It is the first time that this competition is contemplated in an educational evaluation program. Our objective is to evaluate if these tests ca...

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Published inMagis (Bogotá, Colombia) Vol. 10; no. 21; p. 121
Main Authors Mayorga-Fernández, María José, Gallardo-Gil, Monsalud, Pérez-Gómez, Ángel Ignacio
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Bogotá Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 01.01.2018
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Citizenship education
Education policy
Educational evaluation
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Summary:The paper presents an analysis of the General Diagnostic Evaluation tests of the Spanish Ministry of Education regarding social and citizenship competences. It is the first time that this competition is contemplated in an educational evaluation program. Our objective is to evaluate if these tests can be considered useful tools to evaluate the development of second-order cognitive capacities. This analysis followed a qualitative approach based on the analysis of the content and contrasting views of experts. Results show that the predominant capacities in these tests are reproduction and comprehension-application.
ISSN:2027-1174
2145-0226