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Makale Özeti:
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In Germany, science education standards for students at the end of grade nine have been in existance since 2005.
Some of these standards are dedicated to scientific inquiry (e.g. experimentation). They describe which abilities
learners are expected to possess at the end of grade nine. In the USA, several documents describe standards for
Teaching Inquiry (NGSS 2013, NRC 1996/2000/2007, AAAS 1989). Presently, comparable teaching standards
for science teachers are mostly lacking in Germany. Further, there are hardly any instruments that allow for the
assessment of specific competences pertaining to teaching experimental lessons and assessing student
competences in experimentation. Therefore, the aim of the project described in this paper is to develop
assessment instruments for biology teachers who are being trained at universities as well as in in-service teacher
training programs with respect to i) analyzing experimental biology lessons, ii) planning experimental biology
lessons, and iii) assessing student achievements in experimental biology lessons. The article gives insights into
ongoing research with respect to assessing the quality of biology teacher education. Finally, the developed
measurement instruments should allow for assessing the learning preconditions of future biology teachers. The
instruments offer first starting points for the development of sensitive measures for longitudinal studies to
investigate university teacher education and teacher traineeship in the subject of biology.
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