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The ATHENA Competency Framework: An Evaluation of Its Validity According to Instructional Designers and Human
Jeremy Lamri1, Karin Valentini1,2, Felipe Zamana3
1Tomorrow Theory, 75002 Paris, France.
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The ATHENA (Advanced Tool for Holistic Evaluation and Nurturing of Abilities) competency framework proposes a multidimensional approach to human performance structured around five interdependent dimensions (cognition, conation, knowledge, emotion, and sensori-motion), operationalized through 60 fine-grained facets. Although ATHENA is grounded in contemporary psychological theory and supported conceptually by multivariate research in intelligence, creativity, and skill acquisition, empirical evidence regarding the clarity and practical comprehensibility of its facets remains limited. This study investigates the extent to which instructional designers and human resource development (HRD) professionals-two groups who routinely operationalize competencies for learning, assessment, and workforce development-understand and evaluate the semantic clarity and usability of the 60 facets. Seventy-five practitioners completed a structured evaluation of the ATHENA framework facets, which are designed to be used in a hybrid intelligence system for competency management. This article presents the theoretical background, methodological design, and results concerning users' comprehension of the framework's components. The findings support, in general, the compatibility of ATHENA's facets and practitioners' conceptions.
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