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The process of introducing compulsory ICT education at primary school level in the Czech Republic should be completed next year. Programming and Information, two topics from the basics of computer science have been included in a new textbook. The question is whether the new chapters of the textbook are comprehensible for primary school teachers, who have undergone no training in computer science. The paper reports on a pilot verification project in which pre-service primary school teachers were trained to teach these informatics topics.
Was veranlasste die an „Belcantare Brandenburg“ beteiligten Bildungsinstitutionen, dieses Projekt zu verwirklichen? Sind ländliche und städtische Singprojekte gleichermaßen zu planen? Wie wirksam war und ist „Belcantare Brandenburg“? Diesen u. a. Fragen widmet sich die repräsentative Dokumentation, die im Rahmen der wissenschaftlichen Begleitung des Projektes durch den Lehrstuhl Musikpädagogik und Musikdidaktik der Universität Potsdam entstanden ist. Vorderstes Anliegen war es hierbei, die erarbeiteten Fragestellungen aus unterschiedlichen Forschungsperspektiven zu beantworten. An dieser Forschungsarbeit wirkten Studierende mit und reflektierten in ihren wissenschaftlichen Qualifikationsarbeiten im Projekt erschlossene theoretische und praktische Erfahrungen zum Singen in der Grundschule. „Belcantare Brandenburg“ ist ein Singprojekt zur Fortbildung für Grundschullehrerinnen und Grundschullehrer, das mit freundlicher Unterstützung der Ostdeutschen Sparkassenstiftung und der Sparkasse Uckermark über einen Zeitraum von zwei Jahren die Qualität der Singarbeit von Lehrkräften aus der Uckermark zielgerichtet weiterentwickelte.
1. Dr. Georg Girardet, Mitglied des Landeskuratoriums Brandenburg der Ostdeutschen Sparkassenstiftung 2. Prof. Dr. Birgit Jank, Leiterin des Lehrstuhls für Musikpädagogik und Musikdidaktik der Universität Potsdam 3. Dr. Axel Brunner, Verantwortlicher für Lehrerausbildung im Landesvorstand des Verbandes Deutscher Schulmusiker Brandenburg
Background: Cross-sectional studies detected associations between physical fitness, living area, and sports participation in children. Yet, their scientific value is limited because the identification of cause-and-effect relationships is not possible. In a longitudinal approach, we examined the effects of living area and sports club participation on physical fitness development in primary school children from classes 3 to 6.
Methods: One-hundred and seventy-two children (age: 9-12 years; sex: 69 girls, 103 boys) were tested for their physical fitness (i.e., endurance [9-min run], speed [50-m sprint], lower- [triple hop] and upper-extremity muscle strength [1-kg ball push], flexibility [stand-and-reach], and coordination [star coordination run]). Living area (i.e., urban or rural) and sports club participation were assessed using parent questionnaire.
Results: Over the 4 year study period, urban compared to rural children showed significantly better performance development for upper- (p = 0.009, ES = 0.16) and lower-extremity strength (p < 0.001, ES = 0.22). Further, significantly better performance development were found for endurance (p = 0.08, ES = 0.19) and lower-extremity strength (p = 0.024, ES = 0.23) for children continuously participating in sports clubs compared to their non-participating peers.
Conclusions: Our findings suggest that sport club programs with appealing arrangements appear to represent a good means to promote physical fitness in children living in rural areas.
Calcularis is a computer-based training program which focuses on basic numerical skills, spatial representation of numbers and arithmetic operations. The program includes a user model allowing flexible adaptation to the child's individual knowledge and learning profile. The study design to evaluate the training comprises three conditions (Calcularis group, waiting control group, spelling training group). One hundred and thirty-eight children from second to fifth grade participated in the study. Training duration comprised a minimum of 24 training sessions of 20 min within a time period of 6-8 weeks. Compared to the group without training (waiting control group) and the group with an alternative training (spelling training group), the children of the Calcularis group demonstrated a higher benefit in subtraction and number line estimation with medium to large effect sizes. Therefore, Calcularis can be used effectively to support children in arithmetic performance and spatial number representation.
Calcularis is a computer-based training program which focuses on basic numerical skills, spatial representation of numbers and arithmetic operations. The program includes a user model allowing flexible adaptation to the child's individual knowledge and learning profile. The study design to evaluate the training comprises three conditions (Calcularis group, waiting control group, spelling training group). One hundred and thirty-eight children from second to fifth grade participated in the study. Training duration comprised a minimum of 24 training sessions of 20 min within a time period of 6–8 weeks. Compared to the group without training (waiting control group) and the group with an alternative training (spelling training group), the children of the Calcularis group demonstrated a higher benefit in subtraction and number line estimation with medium to large effect sizes. Therefore, Calcularis can be used effectively to support children in arithmetic performance and spatial number representation.
Dieser Band knüpft an die repräsentative Dokumentation des Fortbildungsprojektes Belcantare Brandenburg. Jedes Kind kann singen! für musikunterrichtende Grundschullehrkräfte im Land Brandenburg und seine begleitendende Evaluationsforschung an. Inhaltlicher Schwerpunkt dieses Bandes ist die Vorstellung der explorativen Evaluationsstudie mit ihren sensiblen Konzepten, Fragenstellungen, ihrem triangulierenden Forschungsdesign und ausgewählten Forschungsergebnissen aus den Staffeln 1 und 2.
Die fachdidaktischen, musikpsychologischen und methodischen Kontexte der Evaluationsforschung werden durch Fachartikel entsprechender Autoren in diesem Band transparent und bereichern ihn im besonderen Maße. Die Mitwirkung von Studierenden am Forschungsprozess erforderte Anwendungsleitfäden zur methodischen Handhabung verschiedener Erhebungsinstrumente und Auswertungsmethoden zu entwickeln, denen hier der Raum zur Veröffentlichung gegeben wurde.
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.
Concrete-operational thinking depicts an important aspect of cognitive development. A promising approach in promoting these skills is the instruction of strategies. The construction of such instructional programs requires insights into the mental operations involved in problem-solving. In the present paper, we address the question to which extent variations of the effect of isolated and combined mental operations (strategies) on correct solution of concrete-operational concepts can be observed. Therefore, a cross-sectional design was applied. The use of mental operations was measured by thinking-aloud reports from 80 first- and second-graders (N = 80) while solving tasks depicting concrete-operational thinking. Concrete-operational thinking was assessed using the subscales conservation of numbers, classification and sequences of the TEKO. The verbal reports were transcribed and coded with regard to the mental operations applied per task. Data analyses focused on tasks level, resulting in the analyses of N = 240 tasks per subscale. Differences regarding the contribution of isolated and combined mental operations (strategies) to correct solution were observed. Thereby, the results indicate the necessity of selection and integration of appropriate mental operations as strategies. The results offer insights in involved mental operations while solving concrete-operational tasks and depict a contribution to the construction of instructional programs.
Concrete-operational thinking depicts an important aspect of cognitive development. A promising approach in promoting these skills is the instruction of strategies. The construction of such instructional programs requires insights into the mental operations involved in problem-solving. In the present paper, we address the question to which extent variations of the effect of isolated and combined mental operations (strategies) on correct solution of concrete-operational concepts can be observed. Therefore, a cross-sectional design was applied. The use of mental operations was measured by thinking-aloud reports from 80 first- and second-graders (N = 80) while solving tasks depicting concrete-operational thinking. Concrete-operational thinking was assessed using the subscales conservation of numbers, classification and sequences of the TEKO. The verbal reports were transcribed and coded with regard to the mental operations applied per task. Data analyses focused on tasks level, resulting in the analyses of N = 240 tasks per subscale. Differences regarding the contribution of isolated and combined mental operations (strategies) to correct solution were observed. Thereby, the results indicate the necessity of selection and integration of appropriate mental operations as strategies. The results offer insights in involved mental operations while solving concrete-operational tasks and depict a contribution to the construction of instructional programs.