Mathematical Competencies in Primary School: Effective Approaches of Teaching and Leadership in Heterogeneous Classrooms

摘要

This contribution presents the German results of the first measurement of the European Collaborative Research Project (ECRP) ADDITION, which consists of 6 European countries. ADDITION (A Dynamic Effective Knowledge Base for Quality in Education) was selected to be supported by the European Science Foundation (ESF) out of a review against 27 European competitors. The overall project objective is to research the influence of system level aspects (e.g. decisions of educational policy) on the school- and class level and on students' math and science achievement. Furthermore the objectives of the German project also focus on the influence of school and classroom level aspects on students' math and science achievement. One of the main research questions in this study was to identify certain concepts, strategies and methods of teaching and in school, which contribute to a better acquirement of mathematical competencies of students with a disadvantaged socioeconomic background and with migration background. Scales on Professional Learning Communities were new constructed in this context to analyze their effect on this issue.