The goals of education and qualification in modern industrial societies can no longer be
described by a fixed set of specialized skills that are transferable from one generation to the …

Der Messung von Kompetenzen kommt demnach eine Schlüsselfunktion für die
Optimierung von Bildungsprozessen und für die Weiterentwicklung des Bildungswesens zu …

Item response theory (IRT) is a modeling approach that links responses to test items with
underlying latent constructs through formalized statistical models. This article focuses on …

Within the social and human sciences, one area undergoing rapid expansion and attracting
increased public attention is empirical educational research (Mandl & Kopp, 2005). The …

It is well-documented that the representation of women and racial/ethnic minorities
diminishes at higher levels of academia, particularly in science, technology, engineering …

Analyses that reveal how treatment effects vary allow researchers, practitioners, and
policymakers to better understand the efficacy of educational interventions. In practice …

Given the central importance of the Nature of Science (NOS) and Scientific Inquiry (SI) in
national and international science standards and science learning, empirical support for the …

Die Messung und Modellierung von Kompetenzen stellt eine zentrale Voraussetzung für die
Optimierung von Bildungsprozessen sowie für die Qualitätssicherung und …

Teachers make a difference for the outcome of their students in science classrooms. One
focus in this context lies on teachers' professional knowledge. We describe this knowledge …

Differential item functioning (DIF) analysis refers to procedures that evaluate whether an
item's characteristic differs for different groups of persons after controlling for overall …