Framework of Measuring Economic Competencies

How to model economic competencies with the objective of empirically testing them? This question has been discussed for many years now without a conclusive measurement model having been presented thus far. Taking an in-depth analysis of the definition of competency proposed by Weinert (2001) as a st...

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Main Authors: Klaas Macha, Michael Schuhen
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Bielefeld University 2011-10-01
Series:Journal of Social Science Education
Online Access:http://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/570
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Summary:How to model economic competencies with the objective of empirically testing them? This question has been discussed for many years now without a conclusive measurement model having been presented thus far. Taking an in-depth analysis of the definition of competency proposed by Weinert (2001) as a starting point, we will derive a framework for the necessary complexity of competency assessment, which finds its graphical representation in a competence octagon. After discussing existing empirical work in the field of economic education and classifying it using the categories of the competence octagon, we will then propose a new model of economic competency that allows for empirical testing.
ISSN:1618-5293