Competence models as point of origin for educational standards are the foundation of assessment and evaluation in view of educational goals and thereby provide major information for revision and improvement of instruction. Computer science education is a young discipline, compared to, e. g., the core subjects analyzed in the PISA studies (OECD, 2006), mathematics, reading and science. The appro...

This study compared levels of social competence and language development in 74 young children with hearing loss and 38 hearing peers aged 2.5-5.3 years. This study was the first to examine the relationship between oral language and social competence using a dynamic systems framework in children with and without hearing loss. We hypothesized that, due to deficits in oral language, children who w...

In this study the author draws on Jane Willis’ TBL framework and examines its effects on the improvement of EFL learners’ writing competence when such a framework is applied to college writing classrooms in Chinese EFL settings, and thus tentatively explores the feasibility of the task-based approach to the teaching of EFL writing. Results of this study are derived from discussion concerned wit...

Acquiring intercultural competence is challenging. Although intelligent learning environments developed to enhance cultural learning can be effective, there is limited evidence regarding how best to dynamically manipulate these environments in support of learning. Further, the space of potential manipulations is extremely large and sometimes tangled with the implementation details of particular...

By adopting signaling theory as the overarching framework and integrating selfdetermination theory, we examined the signaling function of task i-deals, financial i-deals, and their interaction. Across three studies with varying measures, we found that task i-deals, independently and jointly with financial i-deals, conveyed a positive message regarding competence in that they were positively rel...

Associations among internalizing, externalizing, and social competence were examined in a longitudinal cohort (N = 205) of 8- to 12-year-old children reassessed after 7, 10, and 20 years. Theoretically informed nested structural equation models tested interconnections among broad multi-informant constructs across four developmental periods. Follow-up analyses examined gender invariance, measure...

This paper is concerned with the cognitive infrastructure underpinning the socially situated process of knowledge management in dynamic contexts. It describes the cognitive congruence framework (Fourth International Conference on Competence Based Management (1998); Knowledge Management and Organizational Competence, Oxford University Press (2001)) and shows how it can be used as a sensemaking d...

The wildlife conservation sector has been slow to examine how better lead and manage its work there are few empirically-based studies of leadership. This study examines the importance a wide range leadership practices previously identified in frameworks literature. relative these was considered by sample 111 diverse professionals from across globe through an on-line survey. A principle componen...