Authors/Year

Higher-level concept

Characteristics

Blömeke et al. (2015: p. 7)

Jacques

(2016: p. 161)

Process or Continuum

Processus

To connect

between cognition and volition-affect-motivation on the one hand and performance on the other hand

“de mediation entre l’intentionnalité des individus, leurs ressources et celles de leur environment”.

[of mediation between intentionality of the individuals, their resources and those of their environment]

Eraut

(1998: p. 135)

Ability

To perform

- tasks and roles

- according to expected standards

Fernandez et al. (2012: p. 363)

Integration and combination

Of resources (internal and external)

deployed into action

Hager & Gonczi (1996: p. 16)

Relation

Between abilities/capabilities and completion of task

Klieme et al. (2008: p. 9)

Weinert (1999: p. 3)

Construct

Disposition

Of disposition

- Learnable

- Contextualized

- Cognitive

Performance disposition

- Learned

- Cognitive

- Demand specific

Mulder

(2011: p. 13)

Set of Capabilities

- Integrated

- Content-related clusters of knowledge, skills and attitudes

- Conditional for sustainable effective

performance (including problem solving,

realizing innovation, and creating

transformation)

- in a certain context, profession, organization, job, role and situation.

Short (1985: p. 5)

Quality or state of being

Of a person

Velde

(1999: p. 443)

Conception and relationship

Of work

embedded in context