TY - JOUR A1 - Vock, Miriam A1 - Gronostaj, Anna A1 - Kretschmann, Julia A1 - Westphal, Andrea T1 - Wie bewerten begabte und leistungsstarke Jugendliche in separaten Spezialklassen ihren Unterricht? BT - Unterrichtsqualität in Deutsch und Mathematik in der Sekundarstufe BT - Teaching quality in German and Mathematics in secondary education JF - Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft N2 - Leistungsstarke und besonders begabte Schüler*innen werden im Unterricht oft nicht genügend gefordert. In speziellen Klassen für besonders Leistungsstarke und Begabte kann der Unterricht stärker auf die Lernmöglichkeiten dieser Gruppe zugeschnitten werden. Spezialklassen gelten insgesamt als leistungsförderlich, Studien zur Unterrichtsqualität sind bisher jedoch rar. In dieser Studie wird untersucht, wie Schüler*innen der Leistungs- und Begabungsklassen (LuBK) im Land Brandenburg die Qualität ihres Unterrichts in Deutsch und Mathematik im Vergleich zu Schüler*innen von Regelklassen einschätzen. Die Datenbasis bilden N = 3371 Schüler*innen der 8. und 10. Jahrgangsstufe aus 33 Schulen. Mittels Fragebögen wurden Merkmale der Unterrichtsqualität nach dem QuAIT-Modell erfragt; die Datenanalyse erfolgte mit regressionsanalytischen Mehrebenenmodellen. Die Schüler*innen der LuBK bewerten die Qualität ihres Unterrichts überwiegend positiver als die Schüler*innen der Regelklassen, Defizite zeigen sich jedoch in beiden Klassentypen bei den Qualitätsmerkmalen der inneren Differenzierung und der Mitsprache bei Unterrichtsthemen. N2 - High-performing and gifted students are often not sufficiently challenged in class. In special classes for high-achievers and gifted students, instruction can be tailored more closely to the learning opportunities of this group. Special classes are generally considered to be conducive to achievement, but studies on the quality of instruction have been scarce. This study examines how students in special classes for the gifted and talented in the state of Brandenburg rate the quality of their instruction in German and mathematics compared to students in regular classes. The data basis is constituted by N = 3371 students in the 8th and 10th grades from 33 schools. Questionnaires were used to assess characteristics of teaching quality according to the QuAIT model; data analysis was conducted using regression-analytical multilevel models. The students of the LuBK evaluate the quality of their teaching mainly more positively than the students of the regular classes, however, deficits are evident in both class types with regard to the quality characteristics of internal differentiation and having a say in the topics of instruction. T2 - How do gifted and high achieving adolescents in separate special classes evaluate their lessons? KW - Giftedness KW - Quality of instruction KW - QuAIT model KW - Special classes KW - Talented students KW - Unterrichtsqualität KW - QuAIT-Modell KW - Leistungsstarke Schüler*innen KW - Hochbegabung KW - Spezialklassen Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-022-01118-8 SN - 1434-663X SN - 1862-5215 VL - 25 SP - 1151 EP - 1173 PB - Springer CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kalinowski, Eva A1 - Egert, Franziska A1 - Gronostaj, Anna A1 - Vock, Miriam T1 - Professional development on fostering students’ academic language proficiency across the curriculum BT - a meta-analysis of its impact on teachers’ cognition and teaching practices JF - Teaching and teacher education N2 - This meta-analysis aggregates effects from 10 studies evaluating professional development interventions aimed at qualifying in-service teachers to support their students in mastering academic language skills while teaching their respective subject areas. The analysis of a subset of studies revealed a small non-significant weighted training effect on teachers' cognition (g' = 0.21, SE = 0.14). An effect aggregation including all studies (with 650 teachers) revealed a medium to large weighted overall effect on teachers' classroom practices (g' = 0.71, SE = 0.16). Methodological variables moderated the effect magnitude. Nevertheless, the results suggest professional development is beneficial for improving teachers' practice. KW - professional development KW - language KW - cross-curriculum KW - content areas KW - in-service teacher training Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2019.102971 SN - 0742-051X VL - 88 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Meyer, André A1 - Richter, Eric A1 - Richter, Dirk A1 - Gronostaj, Anna T1 - Professionalisierung von Schulleitungen am Beispiel der Werkstatt „Schule leiten“ T1 - Evaluation of the professional development program “Schule leiten” [“School Leadership”] for principals BT - Evaluationsergebnisse einer Fortbildungsreihe für Schulleitungen zum Thema Schulentwicklung BT - results from a program on school improvement JF - Die deutsche Schule N2 - Empirische Studien und schulische Rechtsvorschriften betonen die Relevanz von Schulleiter*innen für die Schulentwicklung. Auf diese Aufgabe müssen Schulleiter*innen in Aus- und Fortbildungen vorbereitet werden. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht in einem längsschnittlichen Design Effekte der Fortbildungsreihe Werkstatt „Schule leiten“. Die Teilnehmer*innen bewerten die Werkstatt zumeist positiv und es zeigen sich geringe bis moderate Veränderungen in ihrem selbstberichteten beruflichen Handeln. Schulleiter*innen mit wenigen Jahren Leitungserfahrung berichten dabei über die größten Zuwächse. Der Beitrag diskutiert Implikationen für die Forschung und Fortbildung von Schulleiter*innen. N2 - Empirical studies and legal documents of school law highlight the importance of principals for school improvement. Professional development (PD) needs to be provided for principals in this field accordingly. This longitudinal study investigates effects of a PD program addressing principals’ self-reported skills that are related to school improvement. Participants are highly satisfied with the PD program and they report small to moderate changes of their leadership behaviour. Principals with little experience on the job report higher gains of their leadership than highly experienced principals. Implications for future research and professional development are discussed. KW - Schulleitungsfortbildung KW - Evaluation KW - Wirkungen von Fortbildungen KW - Längsschnittstudie KW - principal professional development KW - evaluation research KW - ffects of professional developmen KW - longitudinal study KW - multiple regression Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www.waxmann.com/artikelART104135 U6 - https://doi.org/10.31244/dds.2020.03.03 SN - 0012-0731 SN - 2699-5379 VL - 112 IS - 3 SP - 277 EP - 295 PB - Waxmann CY - Münster ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vock, Miriam A1 - Gronostaj, Anna A1 - Kretschmann, Julia A1 - Westphal, Andrea T1 - „Meine Lehrer mögen mich“ – Soziale Integration von Kindern mit sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf im gemeinsamen Unterricht in der Grundschule T1 - "My Teachers Like Me" - Social Integration of Children with Special Educational Needs in Inclusive Classes BT - Befunde aus dem Pilotprojekt „Inklusive Grundschule“ im Land Brandenburg BT - Findings from the Pilot Project "Inclusive Primary Schools" in the German State of Brandenburg JF - DDS – Die Deutsche Schule N2 - Brandenburg startete im Schuljahr 2012/2013 das Pilotprojekt „Inklusive Grundschule“ (PING). 35 dieser Pilot-Grundschulen wurden wissenschaftlich begleitet (vgl. Spörer, Schründer-Lenzen, Vock & Maaz, 2015). In diesem Beitrag berichten wir Befunde zum sozialen Selbstkonzept, wie die Kinder das Klassenklima erleben und wie sie sich von ihrer Lehrkraft angenommen fühlen. Untersucht wurden 1.435 Kinder in 61 inklusiven Klassen der Jahrgangsstufen 2 und 3. Es finden sich keine durchgängigen Nachteile bei Selbstkonzept und erlebtem Klassenklima für Kinder mit sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf (SPF), jedoch fühlen sich diese weniger von ihren Lehrkräften angenommen. N2 - Brandenburg started the pilot project "Inclusive Primary Schools" (PING) in the school year 2012/2013. 35 of these pilot primary schools were scientifically supported (cp. Sporer, Schrunder-Lenzen, Vock & Maaz, 2015). In this article we report findings on the social self-concept, how children experience the class climate, and how they feel accepted by their teachers. The study examined 1,435 children in 61 inclusive 2nd and 3rd grade classes. There are no consistent disadvantages regarding self-concept and experienced class climate for children with special educational needs, but they feel less accepted by their teachers. KW - inclusion KW - primary school KW - social integration KW - special educational needs KW - inclusive education KW - Inklusion KW - Grundschule KW - soziale Integration KW - Förderbedarf KW - gemeinsamer Unterricht Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.31244/dds.2018.02.03 SN - 0012-0731 VL - 110 IS - 2 SP - 124 EP - 137 PB - Waxmann CY - Münster ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Westphal, Andrea A1 - Kretschmann, Julia A1 - Gronostaj, Anna A1 - Vock, Miriam T1 - More enjoyment, less anxiety and boredom BT - How achievement emotions relate to academic self-concept and teachers' diagnostic skills JF - Learning and individual differences : a multidisciplinary journal in education N2 - Students' achievement emotions are critical in their academic development. Therefore, teachers need to create an emotionally positive learning environment. In the light of this, the present study investigated the connection between students' enjoyment, anxiety, boredom and, in the first case, students' academic self-concept and, in the second, teachers' diagnostic skills. The third part of our study examined whether this link would be moderated by students' academic self-concept. Our sample comprised N = 1803 eighth-grade students who reported their achievement emotions and evaluated the diagnostic skills of both their German and mathematics teachers. Hierarchical models indicated that students experience more enjoyment and less anxiety and boredom if teachers exhibit better diagnostic skills. The role of teachers' diagnostic skills in relation to students' emotions was in part moderated by the students' self-concept. These results are discussed in terms of their implications for effective teaching. KW - Achievement emotions KW - Diagnostic skills KW - Instructional quality KW - Academic self-concept KW - Multilevel modeling Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2018.01.016 SN - 1041-6080 SN - 1873-3425 VL - 62 SP - 108 EP - 117 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ehl, Birgit A1 - Paul, Michele A1 - Bruns, Gunnar A1 - Fleischhauer, Elisabeth A1 - Vock, Miriam A1 - Gronostaj, Anna A1 - Grosche, Michael T1 - Testgütekriterien der „Profilanalyse nach Grießhaber“. Evaluation eines Verfahrens zur Erfassung grammatischer Fähigkeiten von ein- und mehrsprachigen Grundschulkindern T1 - Test quality criteria of the "Profile analysis according to Griesshaber". Evaluation of an assessment method of grammatical abilities of mono- and multilingual primary school children JF - Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft N2 - Ein diagnostisches Ziel der „Profilanalyse nach Grießhaber“ ist die Testung der grammatischen Fähigkeit zur Verbstellung im Deutschen. Zur erstmaligen Evaluation der Testgüte wurden 403 ein- und mehrsprachige Grundschulkinder randomisiert drei verschiedenen Testmaterialien zugewiesen: Testmaterial, das die Zielkompetenz spezifisch stimulierte, führte zu den besten Testergebnissen. Dies spricht für eine geringe Durchführungsobjektivität. Zudem wurden Deckeneffekte für Grundschulkinder nachgewiesen, weshalb die Profilanalyse nur wenig zwischen den Grammatikfähigkeiten der Kinder differenzieren kann. Auch die Retest-Reliabilität und Auswertungsobjektivität sind noch zu gering. Zusammenfassend wird die Testgüte hinsichtlich aller betrachteten Testgütekriterien als verbesserungswürdig bewertet. Daraus werden die Empfehlungen abgeleitet, die Profilanalyse stärker zu standardisieren und um sensitivere diagnostische Kriterien für das Grundschulalter zu ergänzen. Weitere Ziele der Profilanalyse, z. B. die Verbesserung diagnostischer Kompetenzen von Lehrkräften, sind in Folgeprojekten zu evaluieren. N2 - Adiagnostic goal of the Profile analysis according to Grie ss haber is the assessment of the grammatical ability to place verbs in German sentences in the correct syntactical position. To evaluate the test quality for the first time, 403 monolingual and multilingual primary school children were randomly assigned to three different test materials: Test material that specifically stimulated the target competence led to the best test results. This indicates alow objectivity of application. In addition, ceiling effects for primary school children were detected, which means that the profile analysis can only slightly differentiate among the grammatical abilities of the children. Retest reliability and objectivity of analysis are also too small. In summary, the test quality of the assessment tool should be improved with respect to all of the test quality criteria considered. Hence, we recommend standardizing the profile analysis better and adding more sensitive diagnostic criteria for primary school aged children. Other aspects of profile analysis, for example the improvement of diagnostic competencies of teachers, are recommended for future research. KW - Grammar KW - Language Assessment KW - Multilingualism KW - Primary School KW - Validity KW - Grammatik KW - Mehrsprachigkeit KW - Sprachdiagnostik KW - Grundschule KW - Validität Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-018-0835-x SN - 1434-663X SN - 1862-5215 VL - 21 IS - 6 SP - 1261 EP - 1281 PB - Springer CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kücholl, Denise A1 - Westphal, Andrea A1 - Lazarides, Rebecca A1 - Gronostaj, Anna T1 - Beanspruchungsfolgen Lehramtsstudierender im Praxissemester T1 - Demands of beginning teachers during first practical experiences JF - Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft N2 - Der Einstieg in die berufliche Praxis ist für Lehramtsstudierende verbunden mit einer Vielzahl von Anforderungen. Selbstwirksamkeitserwartungen gelten als personenbezogene Ressource, um mit den vielfältigen Anforderungssituationen umzugehen. Die soziale Unterstützung durch Mentoring gilt demgegenüber als wichtige umgebungsbezogene Ressource. Ressourcen sind von hoher Bedeutung, um Belastungen beim Berufseinstieg zu bewältigen. Allerdings ist bislang wenig bekannt über das Zusammenwirken zwischen personen- und umgebungsbezogenen Ressourcen. Die vorliegende längsschnittliche Studie untersucht daher, welche Rolle Mentoring und Selbstwirksamkeitserwartungen für den Umgang mit Beanspruchungsfolgen im Praxissemester spielen. Des Weiteren wird untersucht, inwiefern Mentoring den Zusammenhang zwischen Selbstwirksamkeitserwartungen und negativen Beanspruchungsfolgen, in diesem Fall emotionaler Erschöpfung und reduzierter Leistungsfähigkeit, moderiert. Die empirische Grundlage der Untersuchung sind Fragebogendaten von 192 Lehramtsstudierenden, die zu Beginn und zum Ende ihres viermonatigen Praxissemesters befragt wurden. Multiple Regressionsanalysen zeigen, dass hohe Selbstwirksamkeitserwartungen zu Beginn des Praxissemesters mit geringerer emotionaler Erschöpfung sowie mit höherer Leistungsfähigkeit zum Ende des Praxissemesters einhergehen. Der Zusammenhang zwischen den Selbstwirksamkeitserwartungen und der Leistungsfähigkeit wird durch die von den Lehramtsstudierenden wahrgenommene soziale Unterstützung durch Mentoring moderiert. Die Implikationen der Ergebnisse für die Lehrkräftebildung werden diskutiert. N2 - For education students, the start of their professional practice can be a demanding time for a number of different reasons. Self-efficacy may help education students deal with these challenges and can be understood as a personal resource. Mentoring, on other hand, can be considered a significant social resource. Resources like these play an important role in helping education students deal with the demands of the practical phase of their training. However, little is known about the interaction between self-efficacy and mentoring. This longitudinal study investigates the role of mentoring and self-efficacy in dealing with demands of education students’ first experience of professional practice. We also explore the extent to which mentoring moderates the relationship between self-efficacy and the experience of the challenges that education students face during this time. We analysed questionnaire data from 192 education students at the beginning and at the end of their first semester of professional practice. Multiple regression analyses show that self-efficacy at the beginning of the semester is associated with less emotional exhaustion and a higher sense of personal accomplishment by the end of the semester. This relationship between self-efficacy and education students’ sense of personal accomplishment is moderated by mentoring. Implications of the study for training education students are discussed. KW - Beanspruchungsfolgen KW - Mentoring KW - Praxissemester KW - Selbstwirksamkeitserwartungen KW - Beginning teachers KW - Demands KW - Mentoring KW - Self-efficacy Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-019-00897-x SN - 1434-663X SN - 1862-5215 VL - 22 IS - 4 SP - 945 EP - 966 PB - Springer CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kretschmann, Julia A1 - Vock, Miriam A1 - Lüdtke, Oliver A1 - Jansen, Malte A1 - Gronostaj, Anna T1 - Effects of grade retention on students’ motivation: A longitudinal study over 3 years of secondary school JF - The journal of educational psychology N2 - Despite the fact that grade retention is now seen as controversial in many quarters, it remains common practice in numerous countries. Previous research on the effects of grade retention on student development has, however, generated ambiguous results, particularly in terms of motivational outcomes. This ambiguity has been attributed in part to a lack of high-quality studies including a longitudinal design, a suitable comparison group, and adequate statistical control of preretention differences. Based on longitudinal data of N = 3,288 German students over 3 years of secondary school, we examined differences in their academic self-concept, scholarly interests, learning motivation, and achievement motivation between those being retained in the 6th grade (n = 61) and those of the same age being promoted annually. To account for confounding variables, we applied full propensity score matching on baseline measures of the dependent variables, as well as various other covariates that have been found to be associated with the risk of retention (e.g., cognitive ability, academic performance, and family background variables). Results reveal a steep decline in students’ academic self-concept, interests, and learning motivation during the last months spent in the original class, just before retention. For those measures that were available, negative effects were still partly significant after 1 year, but had diminished 2 years after grade retention. Contrary to predictions suggested by the big-fish-little-pond effect, we found no positive effects of retention on students’ academic self-concept. KW - grade retention KW - secondary school KW - academic self-concept KW - motivation KW - propensity score matching Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000353 SN - 0022-0663 SN - 1939-2176 VL - 111 IS - 8 SP - 1432 EP - 1446 PB - American Psychological Association CY - Washington ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gronostaj, Anna A1 - Werner, Elise A1 - Bochow, Eric A1 - Vock, Miriam T1 - Gifted Grade-Skippers in Germany JF - The gifted child quarterly N2 - Skipping a grade, one specific form of acceleration, is an intervention used for gifted students. Quantitative research has shown acceleration to be a highly successful intervention regarding academic achievement, but less is known about the social–emotional outcomes of grade-skipping. In the present study, the authors used the grounded theory approach to examine the experiences of seven gifted students aged 8 to 16 years who skipped a grade. The interviewees perceived their “feeling of being in the wrong place” before the grade-skipping as strongly influenced by their teachers, who generally did not respond adequately to their needs. We observed a close interrelationship between the gifted students’ intellectual fit and their social situation in class. Findings showed that the grade-skipping in most of the cases bettered the situation in school intellectually as well as socially, but soon further interventions, for instance, a specialized and demanding class- or subject-specific acceleration were added to provide sufficiently challenging learning opportunities. KW - qualitative methodologies KW - social and/or emotional development and adjustment KW - acceleration KW - grade-skipping Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0016986215609999 SN - 0016-9862 SN - 1934-9041 VL - 60 SP - 31 EP - 46 PB - Sage Publ. CY - Thousand Oaks ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Westphal, Andrea A1 - Gronostaj, Anna A1 - Vock, Miriam A1 - Emmrich, Rico A1 - Harych, Peter T1 - Differentiation in Mathematics and in German Lessons on Grammar School Level Is it to be found mainly among good diagnosticians and in heterogeneous classes? JF - Zeitschrift für Pädagogik N2 - Das Anliegen der vorliegenden Studie ist es, zu prüfen, inwiefern eine differenzierende Unterrichtspraxis in den Fächern Mathematik und Deutsch im Zusammenhang mit der Wahrnehmung von Leistungsheterogenität und der Diagnosegenauigkeit von Lehrkräften steht. Der Untersuchung lagen Leistungsdaten aus den Vergleichsarbeiten (VERA-8) und Lehrerurteile über N = 1803 Schüler/innen der achten Jahrgangsstufe an Gymnasien im Land Brandenburg zugrunde sowie Schülereinschätzungen zur Differenzierung im Unterricht. Hierarchische Regressionsanalysen zeigen, dass Mathematiklehrkräfte aus Sicht der Schüler/innen umso stärker differenzierend unterrichten, je besser sie die Leistungsstände der Schüler/innen einschätzen können. Im Fach Deutsch findet differenzierender Unterricht in geringerem Umfang statt und es zeigen sich keine Zusammenhänge mit der Diagnosegenauigkeit. The aim of the present study is to examine in how far a differentiating teaching practice in Math and German lessons is linked with the perception of heterogeneity in student performance and with the teachers´ diagnostic accuracy. The study is based on performance data from comparative tests (VERA-8) and teacher assessments of N = 1803 students attending 8th grade at grammar schools in the federal state of Brandenburg and on student assessments on differentiation in teaching. Hierarchical regression analyses show that, from the students´ perspective, Math teachers differentiate the more in their teaching the better they are able to assess the students´ performance level. In German lessons, differentiating forms of teaching are less often applied and there are no links with diagnostic accuracy. KW - Differentiated Instruction KW - Diagnostic Competency KW - Heterogeneity of Abilities KW - Teaching Quality KW - Teacher Professionalization Y1 - 2016 SN - 0044-3247 VL - 62 SP - 131 EP - 148 PB - Beltz CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kretschmann, Julia A1 - Vock, Miriam A1 - Luedtke, Oliver A1 - Gronostaj, Anna T1 - psychosocial development after early acceleration JF - Contemporary educational psychology N2 - Whereas studies that have analyzed factors that affect academic achievement have predominantly revealed positive effects of skipping a grade, controversial results have been found for students’ social-emotional and motivational development. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the effects of skipping a whole grade on students’ school satisfaction, peer relations, school anxiety, and academic self-concept. Moreover, we conducted moderation analyses to investigate whether skipping a grade affects boys and girls differently. Data were obtained from N = 4926 German students who were repeatedly surveyed once a year in Grades 4, 5, and 6. A total of N = 96 students from this sample had skipped a grade in elementary school. We applied full matching separately for male and female students in order to minimize selection bias. When analyzing motivational variables, we added class-mean achievement scores as covariates within the matching process. Equally for boys and girls, the results showed no significant effect of skipping on school satisfaction, yet we found a negative effect on peer relations that persisted across the 3 years of measurement. However, after skipping a grade girls were significantly disadvantaged compared to boys on some motivational dimensions. KW - Grade skipping KW - Psychosocial development KW - Propensity score matching KW - Acceleration KW - Moderation analysis Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2016.06.001 SN - 0361-476X SN - 1090-2384 VL - 46 SP - 195 EP - 207 PB - Elsevier CY - San Diego ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gronostaj, Anna A1 - Vock, Miriam A1 - Pant, Hans Anand T1 - Skip a grade, learn more? Estimating the effects of grade skipping on JF - Learning and individual differences N2 - Acceleration, defined as progressing through educational programs faster or at a younger age than peers (Pressey, 1949), is an educational practice that is used to support gifted and high-ability students whose cognitive and affective needs might not be met in age-based classrooms. The empirical results of grade skipping, one specific form of acceleration, have been supportive with respect to academic outcomes but have primarily been derived from U.S. samples. Less is known about German grade skippers. We reanalyzed the test and survey data of more than 40,000 students from five studies originally conducted to assess their skills in native and foreign languages in the context of the national educational standards in Germany. We identified 471 grade skippers and used propensity score matching on potential confounding variables (e.g., intelligence, gender, parental background) to construct comparable control groups. Two different comparison groups were realized (same-grade and same age groups). The findings showed that grade skippers performed (at least) as well on standardized tests as their older classmates who were matched on all covariates (same-grade comparison) and outperformed their same-aged peers who were matched on all covariates in most of the language skills that were assessed. Practical and methodological implications are also discussed. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. KW - Grade skipping KW - Acceleration KW - Academic achievement KW - Propensity score matching Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2016.05.022 SN - 1041-6080 SN - 1873-3425 VL - 49 SP - 278 EP - 286 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kalinowski, Eva A1 - Gronostaj, Anna A1 - Vock, Miriam T1 - Effective Professional Development for Teachers to Foster Students’ Academic Language Proficiency Across the Curriculum BT - A Systematic Review JF - AERA Open N2 - This review summarizes features of professional development programs that aim to prepare in-service teachers to improve students’ academic language proficiency when teaching subject areas. The 38 studies reviewed suggest that all of the profiled interventions were effective to some extent. The programs share many characteristics considered important in successful teacher professional development across different subject areas. They also include some features that appear to be specific to teacher training in this particular domain. This review supports the idea that professional development helps change teachers’ thinking and practice and benefits students, if certain features are taken into consideration in its design and implementation. KW - professional development KW - language KW - cross-curriculum KW - content areas KW - in-service teacher training Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858419828691 SN - 2332-8584 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 23 PB - Sage CY - Thousand Oaks ER -