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Authors

  • Andreas Rieu Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg
  • Katharina Loibl Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg
  • Timo Leuders Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4119/hlz-3167

Keywords:

Diagnostic competence – adaptive teaching – task difficulty – in-service teacher education, Diagnostic competence, adaptive teaching, task difficulty, in-service teacher education

Abstract

Recent studies have found that adapting instruction to the prerequisite of students is a determinant factor of successful learning and teaching.   For adaptive teaching, teachers have to choose tasks that correspond for example in their difficulty to the individual prerequisite in a classroom and to the pedagogical aims. Thus, teachers need diagnostic competences to assess the prerequisites of their students and to judge the difficulties of possible tasks. The task difficulty is determined by features, which influence the solution rate. The teacher has to perceive and interpret these features. Prospective teachers can found these skills during their studies; in-service teachers should foster them in further trainings.

The present study describes an intervention to foster diagnostic competence in the domain of fractions. The participants received instruction on pedagogical content knowledge about features that determines the task difficulty in the domain of fractions with concrete examples. Our study revealed large effects of this short intervention for the experimental group in comparison to a control group. The short intervention can therefore serve as an element in further teacher trainings in the field of diagnostic competence.

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Published

2020-05-07

How to Cite

Rieu, A., Loibl, K. ., & Leuders, T. (2020). Deutsch. Challenge Teacher Education, 3(1), 492–509. https://doi.org/10.4119/hlz-3167

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Empirische Beiträge zu Grundlagen, Rahmenbedingungen und Herausforderungen