The result, he says, is "increased competence in that area".
For example, early personal contact, often from foraging in forests for plants and wild animals, leads to increased competence in identification of biota (Rydberg and Falck 2000).
► The European Commission has gained increased competence in the internal market.
However, other studies did not find increased levels of psychological symptoms in these adolescents (5, 6), which could signal their increased competence in managing their illness and coping with age-specific developmental tasks.
What language literacy and scientific literacy have in common then is the sense that increased competence in either advances one's intellectual development and ability to carry out systematic thinking that involves abstraction.
Patients request more information and participation in decisions concerning their health [ 4], and the move from the medical model to patient-centered care [ 5] requires increased competence in communication skills.
To improve patient experience at the interface with services, and to ensure that the processes of categorisation, adjudication and offer are managed appropriately, health care teams need to increase competence in responding to appearances, taking account of local context [ 19].
Use of the e-assessments and e-training program employed in the present study could be one way to support elderly care staff who lack formal education by increasing their competence; increased competence, in turn, could improve their self-confidence, working life, and well-being.
The position of chronically ill patients as participating and acting subjects will be fostered; this will make a contribution to the improvement of primary health care especially for socially disadvantaged patients by means of a changed, participating communication and increasing competence levels in self-management.
The list that was made earlier can be discussed in terms of opportunities for intrinsic motivation and in being helpful in increasing competence, autonomy, relatedness and well-being.
