Developing and evaluating a paper-and-pencil test to assess components of physics teachers' pedagogical content knowledge

• Published in: International journal of science education Vol. 38; no. 8; pp. 1343 - 1372
• Main Authors: Kirschner, Sophie, Borowski, Andreas, Fischer, Hans E., Gess-Newsome, Julie, von Aufschnaiter, Claudia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 23.05.2016; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Alliances; Comparative Analysis; Construct Validity; Correlation; Difficulty Level; Evaluation Methods; Foreign Countries; Germany; Higher Education; Inservice Teacher Education; Item Analysis; Item Response Theory; Kolmogorov Smirnov Two Sample Test; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Pedagogy; Physics; physics education; Preservice Teacher Education; Preservice Teachers; quantitative research; Rasch Scaled Scores; Science Education; Science Experiments; Science Instruction; Science Teachers; Statistical Analysis; Student teachers; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Education; Teacher Effectiveness; teacher knowledge; Teaching Methods; Test Format; Test Items; Tests; Germany

Teachers' professional knowledge is assumed to be a key variable for effective teaching. As teacher education has the goal to enhance professional knowledge of current and future teachers, this knowledge should be described and assessed. Nevertheless, only a limited number of studies quantitati...