scholarly journals Assessment of Global Competence of Engineers for a Sustainable World. Evidence from TA VIE Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12924
Author(s):  
Isabel Ortiz-Marcos ◽  
Luis Ignacio Ballesteros-Sánchez ◽  
Araceli Hernández Bayo ◽  
Rocío Rodríguez-Rivero ◽  
Gwenaelle Guillerme
Keyword(s):  
International Experience ◽  
Global Competence ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
Situational Judgment ◽  
Situational Judgment Tests ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Web Platform

This paper outlines a contemporary understanding of global competence for engineers, as understood by European engineering companies, and presents the main findings of the Tools for Enhancing and Assessing the Value of International Experience for Engineers (TA VIE) project, launched in 2018. Situational judgment tests (SJTs), or scenario-based approaches were used to measure eleven global competences. Researchers designed the scenarios and contrasted them designing a dictionary of competences containing: the definition of each competence as well as the five levels for each competence (defined by objective behaviours that could be observed). The measurement of competences is performed through a web platform where all data are collected. Nearly 300 students from different countries fulfilled the questionaries, and the results show that students with mobility, have, in general terms, a higher level of global competence than those without international mobility. Communication and flexibility are the competences with higher impact when students enjoy an international experience.

Assessing Entrepreneurship Education Outcomes in an Innovative Way: Situational Judgment Tests

2020 ◽  
pp. 251512742097517
Author(s):  
Luciana Padovez Cualheta ◽  
Gardenia da Silva Abbad
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Validation Process ◽  
Situational Judgment ◽  
Situational Judgment Tests ◽  
Education Outcomes ◽  
Equivalence Tests ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Development And Validation

Entrepreneurship education outcomes have been poorly evaluated. Previous research focused mostly on subjective measures like entrepreneurial intention that does not necessarily turn into behavior, and have mostly used self-perception questionnaires. Learning and competence results have been under researched. Therefore, the use of situational judgment tests to assess entrepreneurship education learning outcomes is proposed. This is an exploratory study that presents the development and validation process of situational judgment tests, following twelve steps, including the analysis of course’s materials, focus groups with professors and former students, expert validation, semantic validation, empirical validation, the definition of correction sheets and equivalence tests. The course is presented in details and its goals are defined using a learning taxonomy. Results present the three situational judgment tests that were developed and the correction sheets that can be used to guarantee correction in an objective manner. The situational tests developed in this study can be used to evaluate courses with similar goals and the development and validation process can be adopted to evaluate other courses.

Using situational judgment tests to measure teamwork and communication

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
James N. Kurtessis ◽  
Kelley J. Krokos ◽  
Barbara A. Fritzsche
Keyword(s):  
Situational Judgment ◽  
Situational Judgment Tests

Empirical Keying of Situational Judgment Tests: Rationale and Some Examples

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelley J. Krokos ◽  
Adam W. Meade ◽  
April R. Cantwell ◽  
Samuel B. Pond ◽  
Mark A. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Situational Judgment ◽  
Situational Judgment Tests ◽  
Empirical Keying

scholarly journals Defining and Characterising Clusters in Palaeolithic Sites: a Review of Methods and Constraints

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Sánchez-Romero ◽  
Alfonso Benito-Calvo ◽  
Joseba Rios-Garaizar
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Horizontal Distribution ◽  
Spatial Studies ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Fabric Analysis ◽  
Gis Tools ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Intentional Activities ◽  
Statistical Criteria

AbstractSpatial analysis studies in Palaeolithic archaeology arise as indispensable research tools for understanding archaeopalaeontological sites. In general terms, spatial studies have been specialised in the description of the distribution of materials and in the definition of accumulation areas, with the aim of distinguishing intentional activities or studying postdepositional processes. In recent decades, the development of GIS tools has enabled huge strides forward in the field of spatial archaeology research, such as spatial inferential statistics. These tools are particularly useful in the identification and location of clustering from statistical criteria, facilitating the subsequent analysis of accumulations through other archaeological, taphonomic and spatial techniques, such as fabric analysis or directional distribution. The cluster analysis, and its contextualisation considering all the archaeological and stratigraphical variables, allows the inference of some of the processes and factors that could have taken part in the accumulation of materials, as well as assessing how this affected the composition and preservation of the archaeological assemblage. The present article reviews the more traditional and innovative methods for studying horizontal distribution patterns and the objective definition of clusters, highlighting the parameters, uses and limitations of these techniques. We present an application of these methods to different Palaeolithic sites, going through different scenarios, such as location (open-air vs. cave), context, scale (large vs. small area), excavation methodology and spatial record methods.

scholarly journals Situational Judgment Tests as a method for measuring personality: Development and validity evidence for a test of Dependability

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. e0211884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Olaru ◽  
Jeremy Burrus ◽  
Carolyn MacCann ◽  
Franklin M. Zaromb ◽  
Oliver Wilhelm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Development ◽  
Validity Evidence ◽  
Situational Judgment ◽  
Situational Judgment Tests

Tautas deju definēšanas problemātika mūsdienās Latvijā

2021 ◽  
pp. 94-104
Author(s):  
Elīna Gailīte
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Folk Dance ◽  
Historical Time ◽  
Cultural Space ◽  
The Public ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Adaptation Field ◽  
Time Of Origin

The article “Problems of defining folk dance in Latvia today” examines the aspects that affect the current situation in Latvia, where folk dances are understood as both folk dances that have not been modified by choreographers, dances passed down through generations that can be danced every day, and stage folk dances, which are a type of art performed by folk dance ensembles, created by choreographers and dances adapted to the stage performance. The research aim is to identify and describe the problems that currently exist in the Latvian cultural space, where the definition of folk dances creates tension in the public space and ambiguous opinions among dancers. Nowadays, it is possible to identify such concepts as, for example, folk dance, ethnographic dance, authentic dance, traditional dance, folklore dance, folk dance, folk dance adaptation, field dance, folk ballet, etc. Consistent use of concepts is rarely seen in the documents and research of cultural policymakers and the historical and contemporary works of choreographers and researchers. Often they are only described in general terms. A survey conducted in 2019 shows that dancers consider stage folk dances to be folk dances, and often this separation of dances is not important for them. Another problem is the designation of folk dance ensembles where stage folk dance dancers are dancing. The term misleads; it suggests that folk dances are danced there. However, this designation is linked to its historical time of origin. It is not insignificant that the stage folk dance is more popular, more visible, and massively represented at the Song and Dance Festival. Thus, a part of the society associates it with our folk dances.

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