Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills

Part I. Introduction

1. Twenty-First Century Skills: From Theory to Action
Esther Care

Part II. Assessment of Twenty-First Century Skills

2. Assessment of Twenty-First Century Skills: The Issue of Authenticity
Esther Care, Helyn Kim

3. Competencies for Complexity: Problem Solving in the Twenty-First Century
Joachim Funke, Andreas Fischer, Daniel V. Holt

4. Shifts in the Assessment of Problem Solving
Katarina Krkovic, Maida Mustafic, Sascha Wüstenberg, Samuel Greiff

5. Challenges of Assessing Collaborative Problem Solving
Arthur Graesser, Peter W. Foltz, Yigal Rosen, David Williamson Shaffer, Carol Forsyth, Mae-Lynn Germany

Part III. Country Applications and Initiatives

6. Collective Creativity Competencies and Collaborative Problem-Solving Outcomes: Insights from the Dialogic Interactions of Singapore Student Teams
Jennifer Pei-Ling Tan, Imelda Caleon, Hui Leng Ng, Chew Leng Poon, Elizabeth Koh

7. Collaborative Problem Solving in Finnish Pre-service Teacher Education: A Case Study
Arto K. Ahonen, Päivi Häkkinen, Johanna Pöysä-Tarhonen

8. A Twenty-First Century Skills Lens on the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards
Kathleen B. Comfort, Michael Timms

9. Teaching Twenty-First Century Skills: Implications at System Levels in Australia
Claire Scoular, Esther Care

10. Initiatives and Implementation of Twenty-First Century Skills Teaching and Assessment in Costa Rica
María Eugenia Bujanda, Leda Muñoz, Magaly Zúñiga

Part IV. Information Communication Technologies: Their Measurement and Their Uses

11. Learning in Digital Networks as a Modern Approach to ICT Literacy
Mark Wilson, Kathleen Scalise, Perman Gochyyev

12. Intersecting Learning Analytics and Measurement Science in the Context of ICT Literacy Assessment
Mark Wilson, Kathleen Scalise, Perman Gochyyev

13. How Can the Use of Data from Computer-Delivered Assessments Improve the Measurement of Twenty-First Century Skills?
Dara Ramalingam, Raymond J. Adams

14. Next Wave for Integration of Educational Technology into the Classroom: Collaborative Technology Integration Planning Practices
Kathleen Scalise

Part V. Transforming Education Systems to Integrate Twenty-First Century Skills

15. Curricular and Implementation Challenges in Introducing Twenty-First Century Skills in Education
Nienke Nieveen, Tjeerd Plomp

Avainsanat: Education, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation, Psychometrics, Educational Psychology, Teaching and Teacher Education, Educational Technology