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Chapter 1: Competence Assessment in Education: An Introduction
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1.1 The German DFG-Priority Program “Competence Models for Assessing Individual Learning Outcomes and Evaluating Educational Processes”
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1.2 Research Areas of the DFG-Priority Program
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1.2.1 Cognitive Modeling and Assessment of Competencies
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1.2.2 Innovations in Psychometric Models and Computer-Based Assessment
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1.2.3 Reception and Usage of Assessment Results
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1.3 Conclusion
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References
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Part I: Modeling and Assessing Student Competencies
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Chapter 2: Science-P I: Modeling Conceptual Understanding in Primary School
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2.1 The Assessment of Science Competency in Primary School
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2.2 Modeling Conceptual Understanding in Primary School Science
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2.2.1 Model Specification and Item Construction
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2.2.2 Conceptual Understanding: Dimensions and Levels
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2.2.3 Validity
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2.3 The Development of Conceptual Understanding in Primary School Science
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2.4 Conceptual Understanding and Scientific Reasoning
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References
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Chapter 3: Science-P II: Modeling Scientific Reasoning in Primary School
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3.1 Science-P
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3.2 Development of Our Inventory
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3.3 Convergent Validity of Paper-and-Pencil Inventory and Interviews
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3.3.1 Method
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3.3.1.1 Participants
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3.3.1.2 Material
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3.3.1.3 Procedure
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3.3.2 Results
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3.3.2.1 Pre-analyses
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3.3.2.2 Convergent Validity
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3.3.3 Discussion
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3.4 Scientific Reasoning: Development from Grades 2 to 4
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3.5 Competence-Structure Model of Scientific Reasoning: Hierarchical Levels of Competence
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3.6 Outlook
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References
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Chapter 4: The Heidelberg Inventory of Geographic System Competency Model
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4.1 The Role of Geographic System Competency in Geography Education
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4.2 Study Overview
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4.3 CogLabs
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4.3.1 Description of the Measurement Instruments
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4.3.2 Selected Results
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4.4 First Quantitative Study (Q1)
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4.4.1 Description of the Measurement Instruments
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4.4.2 Dimensions of the Competency Model
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4.4.3 Levels of the Competency Model
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4.5 Second Quantitative Study (Q2)
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4.5.1 Description of the Measurement Instruments
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4.5.2 Dimensions of the Competency Model
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4.5.3 Levels of the Competency Model
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4.6 Discussion
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4.6.1 Dimensions of GSC
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4.6.2 GSC Levels
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4.7 Conclusions
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References
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Chapter 5: An Extended Model of Literary Literacy
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5.1 The Comprehension of Literary and Expository Texts
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5.2 Current Research on Literary Literacy and Further Directions
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5.2.1 The Internal Structure of Literary Literacy
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5.2.2 The Need for an Extended Model of Literary Literacy
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5.3 Research Objectives
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5.4 Method
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5.4.1 Sample
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5.4.2 Measures
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5.4.2.1 Semantic Literary Literacy
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5.4.2.2 Idiolectal Literary Literacy
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5.4.2.3 The Ability to Recognize Foregrounded Passages (Foregrounding)
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5.4.2.4 Specific Literary Knowledge
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5.4.2.5 The Ability to Recognize Emotions Intended by a Literary Text
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5.4.3 Statistical Analyses
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5.5 Results
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5.6 Discussion
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5.6.1 The Structure of Literary Literacy
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5.6.2 Some Considerations on Teaching Literary Literacy
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5.6.3 Limitations of the Study
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References
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Chapter 6: Self-Regulated Learning with Expository Texts as a Competence: Competence Structure and Competence Training
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6.1 Theoretical Background
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6.1.1 Integrated Model of Self-Regulated Learning
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6.2 Research Questions and Hypotheses
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6.3 Studies 1a and 1b: A “Component Perspective” on the Structure of Self-Regulated Learning Competence
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6.4 Study 2: A “Process Perspective” on the Structure of Self-Regulated Learning Competence
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6.5 Discussion
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References
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Part II: Modeling and Assessing Teacher Competencies
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Chapter 7: Investigating Pre-service Teachers’ Professional Vision Within University-Based Teacher Education
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7.1 Introduction
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7.2 Modeling the Structure of Professional Vision
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7.2.1 Noticing: Selective Attention to Important Classroom Events
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7.2.2 Reasoning: Interpretation of Important Classroom Events
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7.3 Testing the Structure of Professional Vision
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7.3.1 The Assessment Tool Observer
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7.3.2 Interrelation Between the Three Reasoning Dimensions
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7.4 Investigating Changes in Professional Vision Within University-Based Teacher Education
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7.4.1 The Role of Formal and Informal OTL
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7.4.2 The Design of Formal and Informal OTL
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7.5 Building the Bridge from Professional Vision to Teaching Action
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7.5.1 M-Teach Events as Assessment of Teaching Action
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7.5.2 Pre-service Teachers’ Teaching Skills in M-Teach Events
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7.6 Conclusion and Outlook
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References
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Chapter 8: Teacher Knowledge Experiment: Conditions of the Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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8.1 Introduction
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8.1.1 The Construct of Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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8.1.2 Conditions for the Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge: The Role of Prior Content Knowledge and Pedagogical Knowledge
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8.1.3 The Present Study
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8.2 Methods
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8.2.1 Participants
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8.2.2 Treatments
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8.2.3 Measures
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8.2.4 Baseline Equivalence and Treatment Implementation Checks
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8.3 Results
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8.3.1 Measurement of Pre-service Teachers’ Knowledge
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8.3.2 Testing the Assumptions on PCK Development
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8.4 Discussion
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References
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Chapter 9: Teachers’ School Tracking Decisions
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9.1 Introduction
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9.2 Dual Process Models of Decision Making
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9.3 The Adaptive Diagnostic Competency Model (ADCM)
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9.4 Testing the ADCM
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9.4.1 Student Case Vignettes (Pre-studies 1 and 2)
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9.4.2 The ADCM: Case Consistency and Expertise (Study 1)
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9.4.3 The ADCM: Case Consistency and Accountability (Study 2)
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9.5 Training Study
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9.6 Discussion
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References
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Chapter 10: Modeling, Measuring, and Training Teachers’ Counseling and Diagnostic Competencies
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10.1 Introduction
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10.2 Project Goals
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10.3 Modeling Teachers’ Counseling and Diagnostic Competencies
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10.3.1 Theoretical Background
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10.3.2 Method
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10.3.3 Results
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10.3.4 Relationship Between Teachers’ Counseling and Diagnostic Competence
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10.4 Measuring Teachers’ Counseling and Diagnostic Competence
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10.4.1 Scenario Tests
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10.4.2 Situational Judgment Test
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10.4.3 Knowledge Tests and Self-Assessment Questionnaires
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10.5 Training Teachers’ Counseling and Diagnostic Competence
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10.5.1 Training Program in Diagnostic Competence for In-Service Teachers
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10.5.2 Training Programs in Counseling and Diagnostic Competence for Prospective Teachers
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10.6 Conclusions and Outlook
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References
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Chapter 11: Development and Evaluation of a Competence Model for Teaching Integrative Processing of Texts and Pictures (BiTe)
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11.1 The “BiTe-Project”
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11.2 Theoretical Background
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11.2.1 Challenges of Picture-Text-Integration (PTI)
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11.2.2 Teachers’ Competencies for Teaching the Integrative Processing of Pictures and Texts
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11.2.3 Quality of Instruction
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11.3 Research Questions and Hypotheses
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11.4 Methods
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11.4.1 Sample and Study Design
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11.4.2 Measures
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11.5 Results
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11.5.1 Research Question (1): Knowledge About PTI
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11.5.2 Research Question (2): Teachers’ Attitudes, Motivation, and Self-Related Cognitions Towards PTI and Diagnostics in PTI
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11.5.3 Research Question (3a): Teachers’ Accuracy of Judgment
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11.5.4 Research Question (3b): Teachers’ Accuracy of Judgment, Knowledge, and Duration of Contact
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11.5.5 Research Question (4a): Relations Between Teachers’ Competencies and Instruction
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11.5.6 Research Question (4b): Relations Between Teachers’ Competencies and Students’ Competence and Engagement
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11.6 Discussion
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References
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Part III: Modeling and Assessing Vocational Competencies and Adult Learning
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Chapter 12: Multidimensional Competency Assessments and Structures in VET
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12.1 Introduction
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12.2 Theoretical Issues and Operationalization
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12.3 Research Questions
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12.4 Research Design
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12.5 Hypotheses and Results
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12.5.1 Research Question 1: Competency Structures Within the Construct of Not Directly Action-Centered Occupation-Specific Knowledge: Dimensionality and Its Development
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12.5.2 Research Question 1: Competency Structures Within the Construct of Action-Centered Occupation-Specific Knowledge: Dimensionality and Its Development
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12.5.3 Preliminary Analysis for Research Question 2: Construct of Occupation-Specific Problem Solving: Validity and Reliability
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12.5.4 Research Question 2: Competency Structures Between Different Constructs
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12.6 Summary and Final Discussion
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References
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Chapter 13: Professional Competencies of Building Trade Apprentices After Their First Year of Training
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13.1 Introduction
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13.2 Aims and Objectives
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13.3 Vocational Training in the Building Trades
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13.4 Professional Competence of Building Trade Apprentices
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13.5 Research Design and Data Collection
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13.6 Results
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13.6.1 Sociodemographic Factors, Cognitive Abilities and Apprentices’ Performance at the Beginning of the First Training Year
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13.6.2 Professional Competence at the End of the First Training Year
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13.7 Additional Findings and Prospects
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References
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Chapter 14: Assessing Tomorrow’s Potential: A Competence Measuring Approach in Vocational Education and Training
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14.1 Background
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14.1.1 Prospects and Demand for Adequate Competence Assessments in Vocational Education
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14.1.2 The Original Conceptualization of Final Examinations in the Area of Business and Commerce
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14.1.3 Assessment Model for Commercial Vocations
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14.2 Method
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14.2.1 Sample
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14.2.2 Examination of Validity
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14.2.3 Examination of Reliability
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14.3 Results
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14.3.1 Results for the Test’s Validity
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14.3.2 Results for the Test’s Reliability
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14.4 Discussion
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14.5 Conclusions
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Appendix
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Ceraforma Keramik AG
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Business Process 1
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References
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Part IV: Competency Development: Modeling of Change and Training of Competencies
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Chapter 15: The Development of Students’ Physics Competence in Middle School
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15.1 Introduction
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15.2 Theoretical Background
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15.2.1 Students’ Understanding of Energy
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15.2.2 Students’ Learning About Energy
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15.3 Research Questions
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15.4 Project Design
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15.5 Phase 1: The Cross-Sectional Study
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15.5.1 Method
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15.5.2 Results
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15.6 Phase 2: Longitudinal Study
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15.6.1 Method
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15.6.2 Results
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15.7 Summary and Outlook
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References
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Chapter 16: Modeling and Fostering Decision-Making Competencies Regarding Challenging Issues of Sustainable Development
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16.1 Introduction
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16.2 A Competence Model for Decision Making with Respect to Sustainable Development
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16.3 Measurement Instruments and Competence Modeling
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16.3.1 “Developing Solutions”: Development of the Measurement Instrument
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16.3.1.1 Sample
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16.3.1.2 Measures: Tasks and Items
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16.3.1.3 Instrument Functioning
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16.3.2 Modeling of “Developing Solutions”
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16.3.3 Discussion
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16.4 Experimental Validation: A Comparison of Socioscientific Decision Making with Analytical Problem Solving
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16.4.1 Objectives and Research Design
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16.4.2 Methods
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16.4.2.1 Participating Students and Teachers
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16.4.2.2 Trainings and Learning Material
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16.4.2.3 Measures
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16.4.3 Results of the Pilot Study
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16.4.4 Discussion
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16.5 Conclusions and Outlook
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References
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Chapter 17: Metacognitive Knowledge in Secondary School Students: Assessment, Structure, and Developmental Change
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17.1 Theoretical Background
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17.1.1 Methodological Issues Regarding the Assessment of Declarative Metacognitive Knowledge
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17.1.2 Design of the EWIKO Study
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17.1.3 Test Instruments
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17.2 Overview of Major Results
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17.2.1 Development of Metacognitive Knowledge: Sources of Interindividual Differences
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17.2.2 Domain-Specificity—A Transitional Period of Metacognitive Development?
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17.2.3 Interrelations Between Metacognitive Knowledge and Achievement
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17.3 Discussion
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References
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Chapter 18: Development of Dynamic Usage of Strategies for Integrating Text and Picture Information in Secondary Schools
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18.1 Texts Combined with Instructional Pictures
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18.2 Theoretical Background
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18.2.1 Taxonomies of Text-Picture-Integration
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18.2.2 Strategies for Integrative Processing of Text and Pictures
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18.3 Research Questions and Hypotheses
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18.4 Method
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18.5 Results
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18.5.1 Reading and Observation Times
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18.5.2 Transitions Between Texts, Pictures, and Items
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18.6 Discussion
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References
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Chapter 19: Training in Components of Problem-Solving Competence: An Experimental Study of Aspects of the Cognitive Potential Exploitation Hypothesis
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19.1 Introduction
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19.2 Theoretical Framework
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19.2.1 Problem Solving in PISA 2003: The Cognitive Potential Exploitation Hypothesis
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19.2.2 Components of Problem-Solving Competence
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19.3 Research Questions
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19.4 Study I
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19.4.1 Methods
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19.4.2 Results
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19.4.3 Discussion
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19.5 Study II
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19.5.1 Methods
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19.5.1.1 Data Analysis
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19.5.2 Results
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19.5.2.1 Planning
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19.5.2.2 Problem Solving
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19.5.2.3 Mathematics
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19.5.3 Discussion
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19.6 General Discussion
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19.6.1 Limitations and Future Research
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References
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Chapter 20: An Intensive Longitudinal Study of the Development of Student Achievement over Two Years (LUISE)
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20.1 Introduction
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20.2 Student Achievement in Languages
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20.3 Student Achievement in Mathematics
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20.4 Changes in Student Achievement in Mathematics and Native Language
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20.5 The Present Study
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20.5.1 Method
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20.5.1.1 Procedure and Participants
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20.5.1.2 Measures
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20.5.1.2.1 German Achievement Tests
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20.5.1.2.2 Mathematics Achievement Tests
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20.5.2 Results
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20.5.2.1 German Achievement
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20.5.2.2 Mathematics Achievement
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20.6 Summary and Discussion
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References
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Part V: Innovations in Psychometric Models and Computer-Based Assessment
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Chapter 21: Multidimensional Structures of Competencies: Focusing on Text Comprehension in English as a Foreign Language
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21.1 Introduction
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21.2 Test Development
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21.2.1 Item Characteristics
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21.2.2 Item Development
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21.2.3 Validation of Item Characteristics
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21.3 Test and Item Analysis
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21.3.1 Sample and Data Collection
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21.3.2 Unidimensional Test and Item Analysis
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21.3.3 Item Difficulties Across Domains
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21.3.4 Local Dependencies
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21.3.5 Multidimensional Analysis
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21.4 Discussion
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21.4.1 Research Perspectives
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21.4.2 Implications for Educational Contexts
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References
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Chapter 22: Multidimensional Adaptive Measurement of Competencies
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22.1 Problem
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22.2 Consideration of Multiple Constraints in MAT
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22.2.1 Multidimensional Maximum Priority Index
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22.2.2 Research Objective
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22.2.3 Method
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22.2.4 Procedure
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22.2.5 Results
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22.2.6 Discussion
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22.3 Using Prior Information for Item Selection and Ability Estimation
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22.3.1 Research Questions
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22.3.2 Method
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22.3.3 Results
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22.3.4 Discussion
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22.4 The Multidimensional Adaptive Testing Environment (MATE)
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22.4.1 Computerization of Items
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22.4.2 Assignment of Item Parameters
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22.4.3 Configuration of Tests and Test Batteries
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22.4.4 Pre-operational Simulation Studies
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22.4.5 Graphical User Interface, System Requirements, Availability and Manual
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22.5 Empirical Application
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22.6 Conclusion
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References
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Chapter 23: Development, Validation, and Application of a Competence Model for Mathematical Problem Solving by Using and Translating Representations of Functions
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23.1 Introduction
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23.2 Construction of a Theoretical Framework Model
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23.3 Development and Empirical Validation of Psychometric Models
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23.3.1 Basic Model: Representations and Translations Between and Within Situational, Numerical, and Graphical Representation
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23.3.2 Extension: Inclusion of Algebraic Representation/Cognitive Action
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23.3.3 Extension: Hierarchical Models
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23.4 Development and Evaluation of a Computerized Adaptive Testing Procedure
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23.4.1 Aims for the Development of the Adaptive Test
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23.4.2 Item Pool and Calibration
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23.4.3 Pre-operational Simulation Study
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23.5 Discussion
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References
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Chapter 24: Relating Product Data to Process Data from Computer-Based Competency Assessment
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24.1 Introduction
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24.2 Study 1: The Effect of Time on Task Success Differs Across Persons and Tasks
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24.2.1 Research Goal and Hypotheses
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24.2.2 Methods
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24.2.3 Results
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24.2.4 Discussion
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24.3 Study 2: Benefits for Task Completion from the Automatization of Subtasks
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24.3.1 Research Goal and Hypotheses
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24.3.2 Methods
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24.3.3 Results
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24.3.4 Discussion
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24.4 Study 3: Number of Interactions: More Is Not Always Better
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24.4.1 Research Goal and Hypotheses
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24.4.2 Methods
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24.4.3 Results
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24.4.4 Discussion
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24.5 Study 4: Problem Solver Types: Different Ways to Success in Information Problems
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24.5.1 Methods
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24.5.2 Results
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24.5.3 Discussion
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24.6 How to Handle Unstructured Process Data?: The Log File Data Extraction Tool
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24.7 Conclusions and Final Remarks
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References
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Chapter 25: Dynamic Problem Solving: Multiple-Item Testing Based on Minimally Complex Systems
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25.1 Introduction
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25.2 Modeling of Problem Solving Competencies
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25.3 Development of Computer-Based Assessment Instruments
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25.4 Empirical Tests of the Newly Developed Instruments
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25.5 Educational Application: PISA 2012
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25.5.1 Two Additional Issues: Optimization and Causal Diagrams
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25.6 Future Developments
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References
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Part VI: Feedback From Competency Assessment: Concepts, Conditions and Consequences
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Chapter 26: Formative Assessment in Mathematics Instruction: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Results of the Co2CA Project
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26.1 Formative Assessment: A Promising Approach to Improving Teaching and Learning?
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26.1.1 Formative Assessment: State of the Art
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26.1.2 Components of Formative Assessment
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26.1.3 How Formative Assessment Affects Learning
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26.2 The Four Studies of the Co2CA Project
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26.2.1 Survey Study
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26.2.2 Experimental Study
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26.2.3 Intervention Study
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26.2.3.1 Aims and Research Questions of the Intervention Study
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26.2.3.2 Design of the Intervention Study
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26.2.3.3 Selected Results of the Intervention Study
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26.2.4 Transfer Study
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26.2.4.1 Aims and Research Questions of the Transfer Study
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26.2.4.2 Design of the Transfer Study
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26.2.4.3 First Results of the Transfer Study
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26.3 Summary
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References
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Chapter 27: Arguing Validity in Educational Assessment
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27.1 Introduction
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27.2 The Validity Concept
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27.2.1 The Place of Standard Setting in Educational Assessment
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27.3 The Argument Approach to Evaluating Validity
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27.3.1 A Structured Validity Argument
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27.3.1.1 Warrant of Well-Defined Content Standards
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27.3.1.2 Warrant of Test Alignment to the Content Domain
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27.3.1.3 Warrant of Well-Defined Performance Level Descriptors
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27.3.1.4 Warrant of Reliable Test-Score Measurement
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27.3.1.5 Warrant of Defensible Cut-Score Placements
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27.4 Discussion
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References
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Chapter 28: Evaluating Prerequisites for the Development of a Dynamic Test of Reading Competence: Feedback Effects on Reading Comprehension in Children
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28.1 Introduction
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28.2 The Idea of Dynamic Assessments
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28.3 Dynamic Assessments of Reading Competence: Existing Approaches and Challenges
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28.4 Experiments on the Effectiveness of Feedback on Reading Comprehension in a Train-Within-Test Setting
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28.4.1 Experiment 1
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28.4.2 Experiment 2
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28.4.3 Experiment 3
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28.5 Effects of Feedback on Reading Comprehension Within a Computer-Delivered Test: Lessons Learned
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28.6 Prospects of Dynamic Tests of Reading Competence
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References
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