@article{PenkRichter2017,
  author    = {Penk, Christiane and Richter, Dirk},
  title     = {Change in test-taking motivation and its relationship to test performance in low-stakes assessments},
  series = {Educational assessment, evaluation and accountability},
  volume    = {29},
  journal   = {Educational assessment, evaluation and accountability},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Heidelberg},
  issn      = {1874-8597},
  doi       = {10.1007/s11092-016-9248-7},
  pages     = {55 -- 79},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Since the turn of the century, an increasing number of low-stakes assessments (i.e., assessments without direct consequences for the test-takers) are being used to evaluate the quality of educational systems. Internationally, research has shown that low-stakes test results can be biased due to students' low test-taking motivation and that students' effort levels can vary throughout a testing session involving both cognitive and noncognitive tests. Thus, it is possible that students' motivation varies throughout a single cognitive test and in turn affects test performance. This study examines the change in test-taking motivation within a 2-h cognitive low-stakes test and its association with test performance. Based on expectancy-value theory, we assessed three components of test-taking motivation (expectancy for success, value, and effort) and investigated its change. Using data from a large-scale student achievement study of German ninth-graders, we employed second-order latent growth modeling and structural equation modeling to predict test performance in mathematics. On average, students' effort and perceived value of the test decreased, whereas expectancy for success remained stable. Overall, initial test-taking motivation was a better predictor of test performance than change in motivation. Only the variability of change in the expectancy component was positively related to test performance. The theoretical and practical implications for test practitioners are discussed.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{PenkRichter2017,
  author    = {Penk, Christiane and Richter, Dirk},
  title     = {Erratum to: Penk, Christiane, Richter, Dirk: Change in test-taking motivation and its relationship to test performance in low-stakes assessments. - (Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability. - 29 (2017), S. 55 - 79. - doi.org/10.1007/s11092-016-9248-7)},
  series = {Educational assessment, evaluation and accountability},
  volume    = {29},
  journal   = {Educational assessment, evaluation and accountability},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Heidelberg},
  issn      = {1874-8597},
  doi       = {10.1007/s11092-016-9249-6},
  pages     = {81 -- 82},
  year      = {2017},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{WursterRichterLenski2017,
  author    = {Wurster, Sebastian and Richter, Dirk and Lenski, Anna Eva},
  title     = {Teachers' use of evaluation data to improve instruction and its relationship to student achievement},
  series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Erziehungswissenschaft},
  volume    = {20},
  journal   = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Erziehungswissenschaft},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Wiesbaden},
  issn      = {1434-663X},
  doi       = {10.1007/s11618-017-0759-x},
  pages     = {628 -- 650},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {In Deutschland stehen Lehrkr{\"a}ften mit Ergebnissen aus Vergleichsarbeiten, zentralen Abschlusspr{\"u}fungen und internen Evaluationen verschiedene Informationen zur Verf{\"u}gung. Diese Daten k{\"o}nnen von ihnen dazu verwendet werden, den eigenen Unterricht zu reflektieren und weiterzuentwickeln. Die Studie geht auf Basis des IQB-L{\"a}ndervergleichs 2012 den Fragen nach, ob und welche Daten von Lehrkr{\"a}ften zur Unterrichtsentwicklung herangezogen werden und ob datenbasierte Unterrichtsentwicklung mit Sch{\"u}lerleistung zusammenh{\"a}ngt. Die Betrachtung mehrerer Evaluationsverfahren erm{\"o}glicht eine kontrastierende Analyse und die Untersuchung einer gemeinsamen Verwendung mehrerer Informationsquellen. Die {\"u}berwiegende Mehrheit der befragten Lehrkr{\"a}fte berichtet, Evaluationsergebnisse als Ausgangspunkt zur Unterrichtsentwicklung zu verwenden. Allerdings zeigt sich Heterogenit{\"a}t zwischen einzelnen Unterrichtsentwicklungsaktivit{\"a}ten und Lehrkr{\"a}ften. Zur Initiierung einzelner Entwicklungsaktivit{\"a}ten werden auch mehrere Datenquellen simultan herangezogen. Ein direkter signifikanter Zusammenhang zwischen datenbasierter Unterrichtsentwicklung und Sch{\"u}lerleistung kann nicht festgestellt werden. (DIPF/Orig.).},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{LenskiRichterLuedtke2017,
  author    = {Lenski, Anna Eva and Richter, Dirk and L{\"u}dtke, Oliver},
  title     = {Using the theory of planned behavior to predict teachers' likelihood of taking a competency-based approach to instruction},
  series = {European Journal of Psychology of Education},
  volume    = {34},
  journal   = {European Journal of Psychology of Education},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {New York},
  issn      = {0256-2928},
  doi       = {10.1007/s10212-017-0356-7},
  pages     = {169 -- 186},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Quality of mathematics education has gained significant attention in educational politics and among educators as mathematics advances the foundations of analytical thinking necessary to excel in today's knowledge-based economy. Recent research on instructional quality has focused on students' development of competencies. Competency-based instruction is believed to be an effective approach to instruction as it is closely aligned to educational standards. We use data from the National Assessment Study 2012 in Germany and apply the theory of planned behavior to determine what motivates mathematics teachers (n = 1660) to take a competency-based approach to instruction. Results indicate that competencies outlined in the educational standards are a tangible element of current mathematics instruction. Within the framework of this study, we identified teachers' perceived behavior control as the strongest determinant of taking a competency-based approach to instruction. We conclude that advancement of competency-based instruction depends on teachers' beliefs about their professional resources.},
  language  = {en}
}