Competence as a continuum in the COACTIV study: the “cascade model”

• Published in: ZDM Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 311 - 327
• Main Authors: Krauss, S., Bruckmaier, G., Lindl, A., Hilbert, S., Binder, K., Steib, N., Blum, W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2020; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Achievement Gains; Achievement Tests; Causal Models; Cognitive psychology; Education; Elementary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; International Assessment; Knowledge; Knowledge representation; Learning; Mathematical analysis; Mathematics; Mathematics Education; Mathematics Teachers; Measures (Individuals); Original Article; Path Analysis; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Pedagogy; Physics; Predictive Validity; Preservice Teachers; Quantitative psychology; Secondary School Students; Secondary School Teachers; Student Teachers; Students; Taxonomy; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher competencies; Teacher Competency Testing; Teacher Effectiveness; Teachers; Teaching; Video Technology; Vignettes; Germany; Pedagogical content knowledge; Cascade model; Video vignettes; Paper-and-pencil test; Competence as a continuum; COACTIV

Two different tools for assessing pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of mathematics teachers used in the framework of the COACTIV study are systematically compared in this paper, namely the paper-and-pencil test consisting of items on the three facets knowledge of explaining and representation , kn...