Studies on the educational quality of schools: The Final Report on the DFG Priority Programme

Abstract

priority programme The educational quality of has been established seven years ago by the German Research Foundation (DFG). projects in this programme investigated conditions inside and outside of school and their impact on the development of mathematical, scientific, and cross-curricular competencies. In this book major findings of the programme are presented. projects not only give an overview of their research questioning methods and findings, but also of approaches and materials that have been developed to support learning and teaching in mathematics and science class rooms. studies reported here identify factors for weaknesses in the educational outcomes that became apparent in the international comparisons like TIMSS and PISA. projects, however, provide empirically substantiated units on approaches that can help to improve the educational quality of schools