Assessment of Student Learning Progress in Higher Education – Methodological Approaches and Results

Abstract

This chapter outlines the challenges that research and practice in higher education have faced in measuring students' competences and learning outcomes. Particular attention is given to the systematic and institutional contexts in Germany. Based on the outlined national and international contextual framework, the Germany-wide program “Modeling and Measuring Competences in Higher Education (KoKoHs)” is discussed in terms of its two central working stages, key outcomes and lessons learned. In particular, the central results of the second phase are presented for the first time and integrated into the current state of international research. Based on this analysis, perspectives for further research on student learning in higher education and implications for practice and policy are derived.

Citation

Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O. and Toepper, M. (2021), "Assessment of Student Learning Progress in Higher Education – Methodological Approaches and Results", Hughes, C. and Tight, M. (Ed.) Learning Gain in Higher Education (International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, Vol. 14), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 33-57. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-362820210000014004