TY  - JOUR
A1  - Vock, Miriam
A1  - Penk, Christiane
A1  - Koeller, Olaf
T1  - Who skips a grade? Findings concerning grade acceleration in German schools
JF  - Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht : Zeitschrift für Forschung und Praxis
N2  - This study examines how often and in which form students use the option of gradeskipping in Germany and what characterizes those students. The database was derived from a sample of N = 4,103 students (grades 8-10), who were tested within the standardisation process of the national educational standards in mathematics. For these students data existed on their mathematical competence (educational standard items) and intelligence (subtests word analogies and figural analogies of the KFT 4-12 + R). Furthermore, we identified n = 33 (0,8%) students by questionnaire, who had already skipped one grade. Those accelerated students are predominantly boys, had skipped the grade during their first years at school and performed only slightly above-average on two cognitive ability scales. At the time the survey was conducted, 39% did not attend a Gymnasium and 34 % had to repeat one grade after having been accelerated. While they report average grades in relation to their peers, their mathematical competence is well above average.
KW  - Acceleration
KW  - grade-skipping
KW  - whole-grade acceleration
KW  - giftedness
KW  - talent
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.2378/peu2013.art22d
SN  - 0342-183X
VL  - 61
IS  - 3
SP  - 153
EP  - 164
PB  - Reinhardt
CY  - München
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Leucht, Michael
A1  - Tiffin-Richards, Simon
A1  - Vock, Miriam
A1  - Pant, Hans Anand
A1  - Koeller, Olaf
T1  - English teachers' diagnostic skills in judging their students' competencies on the basis of the Common European Framework of Reference
JF  - Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und pädagogische Psychologie
N2  - The present study addresses diagnostic competence of English language teachers at the end of lower secondary education. The 56 teachers assigned each of their respective students (N = 1 363) to a proficiency level of foreign language use according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The teachers' judgements were compared to CEFR proficiency level assignments estimated using data from a reading comprehension assessment of English as a foreign language. The consistency of proficiency level allocations was evaluated using level, differentiation, and ranking components. Beyond providing a description of diagnostic competence, the present study focuses on the influence of classroom halo effects on teachers' CEFR proficiency level judgements by comparing teacher judgments and students' English marks. A multilevel model of diagnostic competence is presented to assess to what extent the rank and level components are influenced by teachers' familiarity with and use of the CEFR guidelines when judging student proficiency.
KW  - diagnostic competence
KW  - English as a foreign language
KW  - multilevel analysis
KW  - Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1026/0049-8637/a000071
SN  - 0049-8637
VL  - 44
IS  - 4
SP  - 163
EP  - 177
PB  - Hogrefe
CY  - Göttingen
ER  -