ISBN:
9789264204027
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (124 p.))
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
Serie:
EBL-Schweitzer
Paralleltitel:
Druckausg. The survey of adult skills
DDC:
302.224409177021
Schlagwort(e):
Erwachsene
;
Qualifikation
;
Bildungsniveau
;
Erwachsenenbildung
;
OECD-Staaten
;
Adult education -- OECD countries
;
Educational surveys -- OECD countries
;
Functional literacy -- OECD countries
;
Literacy -- OECD countries
;
Electronic books
;
Erwachsener
;
Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit
;
Rechenfähigkeit
;
Informationstechnik
;
OECD
Kurzfassung:
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Reader's Guide; Introduction; Chapter 1 - What the Surveyof Adult Skills (PIAAC) Measures; Some major features of the assessment; An assessment of key information-processing competencies; A use-oriented conception of competency; Proficiency as a continuum; The importance of contextual information; Box 1.1 Competencies or skills?; An overview of literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments; Table 1.1 Summary of assessment domains in the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC); Literacy; Definition; Content; Cognitive strategies
Kurzfassung:
ContextsDistribution of test items by task characteristics; Table 1.2 Distribution of literacy items by medium; Table 1.3 Distribution of literacy items by context; Table 1.4 Distribution of literacy items by cognitive strategy; Literacy sample items; Reading components; Examples of reading component items; Numeracy; Definition; Content; Representations of mathematical information; Cognitive strategies; Contexts; Distribution of test items by task characteristics; Table 1.5 Distribution of numeracy items by response type; Table 1.6 Distribution of numeracy items by context
Kurzfassung:
Table 1.7 Distribution of numeracy items by mathematical contentNumeracy sample items; Problem solving in technology-rich environments; Definition; Content; Cognitive strategies; Contexts; Distribution of test items by task characteristics; Table 1.8 Distribution of problem-solving tasks by cognitive dimensions; Table 1.9 Distribution of problem-solving tasks by technology dimensions; Table 1.10 Distribution of problem-solving tasks by context; Table 1.11 Distribution of problem-solving tasks by intrinsic complexity (number of steps)
Kurzfassung:
Table 1.12 Distribution of problem-solving tasks by intrinsic complexity (number of constraints)Table 1.13 Distribution of problem-solving tasks by explicitness of problem statement; Problem-solving sample item; Notes; References; Chapter 2 - The Background Questionnaire of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC); The characteristics and background of respondents; Table 2.1 Data collected concerning the characteristics and background of respondents; Educational attainment and participation in learning activities
Kurzfassung:
Table 2.2 Information collected regarding educational experience and current participationin learning activitiesLabour force status, work history and job characteristics; Table 2.3 Information collected regarding labour force status, work history and job characteristics; Social participation and health; Table 2.4 Information collected on social participation and health; The use of skills; Engagement as a component of proficiency; The role of literacy and numeracy practices and computer use in maintaining and developing skills; Comparative information on a broader range of key skills
Kurzfassung:
Demand for skills
Kurzfassung:
This reader's companion for the Survey of Adult Skills explains what the survey measures and the methodology behind the measurements, provides content of the background questionnaires, examines the relationship between this survey and other skills surveys, as well the issues of 'key competencies"" and measurements of human capital
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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