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March 2023: Announcement

Dr. Olga Diener receives the Dissertation Award of the Alfred Teves Foundation

Dr. Olga Diener receives the Dissertation Award of the Alfred Teves Foundation for the year 2022 in recognition of her excellent dissertation. The dissertation is entitled "Mediator and moderator effects of cognitive evaluation in the intraindividual demand coping process of young teachers: Qualitative approaches and quantitative multi-level analyses of event sampling data ".

Dr Olga Diener will receive her award on 16 June 2023 at the DIES Academicus of Johannes Gutenberg University.  The chairs of Business and Economics Education congratulate her warmly on this award for her work.

 

March 2023: Announcement

Dr. Andreas Maur receives departmental award for his dissertation

In recognition of his excellent dissertation, Dr. Andreas Maur receives the Departmental Award of Law and Economics for 2022. The dissertation is entitled „The longitudinal impact of formative quiz feedback on students’ motivational, emotional, and cognitive learning outcomes in a large statistics lecture".

In his longitudinal study, he used autoregressive structural equation models to investigate the impact of electronic feedback on motivational and emotional learning outcomes of bachelor students throughout a semester of a large statistics lecture .

Dr. Andreas Maur will receive his award on 17 November 2023 during the doctoral graduation ceremony at Johannes Gutenberg University. The chairs of Business and Economics Education congratulate him warmly on this award for his work.

 

February 2023: Announcement

Doctorate Miriam Toepper

Miriam Toepper has successfully passed the disputation in her doctoral thesis on 14.02.2023. The dissertation is entitled: "Assessment of critical thinking of students in the German higher education sector - validity analysis of an international adapted test". We sincerely congratulate Ms. Toepper on her outstanding doctorate.

 

January 2023: GLK-Funding Innovative Teaching Project

We are pleased to announce the funding of the innovative teaching project “Development of digital microlearning units to promote media (subject) didactic competence and scientific methodological competence in business education studies” (EDiMiLE; runtime 04/2023-03/2024). Under the direction of Dr. Andreas Maur, Katharina Frank and Jasmin Reichert-Schlax, the project addresses the promotion of media(subject)didactic and scientific methodological competencies of students.

 

December 2022: Announcement

Doctorate Olga Diener

Olga Diener successfully passed the disputation in her doctoral dissertation on 22.12.2022. The dissertation is entitled: "Mediator and moderator effects of cognitive appraisal in the intraindividual demand coping process of young teachers: qualitative approaches and quantitative multilevel analyses of event sampling data". We warmly congratulate Ms. Diener on her outstanding doctoral dissertation.

 

November 2022: Announcement Publication

Xu, X., Zhao, P., Hayes, R., Le, N., & Dormann, C. (in press). Revisit the causal inference between organizational commitment and job satisfaction: A meta-analysis disentangling its sources of inconsistencies. Journal of Applied Psychology.

 

Abstract: Existing theories and studies have exclusively focused on the direct temporal ordering of organizational commitment (OC) and job satisfaction (JS). However, their ordering varies highly across empirical studies. It is unclear whether such high variation is caused by statistical artifacts (i.e., spurious variation) or substantive moderators (i.e., true variation). Therefore, to disentangle artificial and substantial sources of this high variation, we adopted traditional and full information meta-analytic structural equation modeling based on 71 independent samples (N = 16,698) with panel designs. continue

 

November 2022: Announcement

Promotion Andreas Maur

Andreas Maur successfully passed the disputation in his doctoral thesis on 03.11.2022. The dissertation is entitled: "The longitudinal impact of formative quiz feedback on students' motivational, emotional, and cognitive learning outcomes in a large statistics lecture". We would like to congratulate Mr. Maur on his outstanding doctorate.

 

October 2022: Announcement

SIOP Award Winners

Meet Christina Guthier, Christian Dormann, and Manuel Voelkle, the Schmidt-Hunter Meta-Analysis SIOP Award Winners!

 

September 2022: Announcement publication

Afsharian, A., Dollard, M.F., Dormann, C., Ziaian, T, & Winefield, T. (in press). PSC through the Lens of Dispersion-Composition Model: The Beneficial Effects of PSC Ideal as a High and Strong PSC Signal. Work & Stress. doi: 10.1080/02678373.2022.2120561

 

Abstract: We investigated the Psychosocial Safety Climate (PSC) construct and its role in attenuating the negative effects of job demands (i.e. emotional and psychological) on psychological health (distress, emotional exhaustion, and depression). In particular, we used composition theory to understand how organisational PSC could be derived from individual perceptions of PSC. We introduce a relatively new construct, PSC Ideal, which combines PSC level and dispersion (variability; SD). continue

 

June 2022: Announcement of presentations

We are pleased to be able to present our research work at the following events:

 

 

EARLI SIG11 Conference 2022 Digital Transformation in Teaching and Teacher Education:

Frank, K., Reichert-Schlax, J., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Brückner, S., Schneider, M., Dormann, C. & Müller, A. (2022, Jun 24). The Effect of Student Teachers’ Media Use on the Acquisition of Teaching Skills Using Digital Tools [Paper presentation]. EARLI SIG11 Conference 2022 Digital Transformation in Teaching and Teacher Education, Oldenburg, Germany.

 

EARLI SIG1&4 Conference 2022 Exploring research synergies to learn from each other:

Frank, K., Reichert-Schlax, J., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Brückner, S., Schneider, M., Dormann, C. & Müller, A. (2022, Jun 29). Evaluation of Teaching-And-Learning Tools to Promote Prospective Teachers Skills in Higher Education [Paper presentation]. EARLI SIG1&4 Conference 2022 Exploring research synergies to learn from each other, Cádiz, Spain.

 

May 2022: Accouncement publication

Dormann, C. (in press). Start even smaller, and then more random. Comment on “Start small, not random: Why does justifying your time-lag matter?” by Yannick Griep, Ivana Vranjes, Johannes M. Kraak, Leonie Dudda, & Yingjie Li. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 25. Open Access


Abstract:

The focal article by Griep and colleagues raises some highly important issues and it is timely to further advance organizational behavior (OB) and work and organizational psychology (WOP). It comes at the right time because the last two decades can be characterized by two opposing trends. continue

 

February 2022: Announcement of presentations

The conference season starts again! We are pleased to be able to present our research work at the following events:

 

 

GEBF 2022 "Alles auf Anfang – Bildung im Digitalen Wandel" on March 9th - 11th, 2022.

Reichert-Schlax, J., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Brückner, S., Frank, K., Müller, A. & Dormann, C. (2022). Evaluation digitaler Lehr-Lern-Pakete zur Förderung allgemeindidaktischer Kompetenzen angehender Lehrkräfte – Ergebnisse aus einem Prä-Post-Kontrollgruppendesign. (Symposiumsbeitrag)

For more information please click here.

 

AERA 2022

For current information please click here.

Fischer, J., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Bültmann, A.-K., Nagel, M.-T. & Maur, A. (2022). Domain-specificity of online information use in solving job-related tasks in law, medicine, and teaching. (Paper)

Toepper, M., Kühling-Thees, C. & Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O. (2022). Meta-Analysis of Empirical International Research on Transfer in Vocational Education and Training – Frontiers and Advances. (Paper)

Reichert-Schlax, J. & Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O. (2022). Study success profiles in higher education economics and their influencing factors — A holistic analysis. (Poster)

Kohmer, A. & Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O. (2022). Development and implementation of a training to assess and improve university students’ critical online reasoning. (Poster)

Braunheim, D. & Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O. (2022). Dealing with Uncertainty and Ambiguity while Assessing Multiple Contradictory Sources. (Paper)

 

WERA 2022

For current information please click here.

Bültmann, A.-K., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Schmidt, S., Nagel, M.-T., Fischer, J., Maur, A. & Brückner, S. (2022). Performance Indicators of Online Information Processing Behaviors of Young Professionals while Solving Critical Reasoning Tasks. (Paper)

Konca, M., Lücking, A., Mehler, A., Nagel, M.-T. & Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O. (2022). Computational educational linguistics for “Critical Online Reasoning” among young professionals in medicine, law and teaching. (Paper)

Kühling-Thees, C., Toepper, M. & Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O. (2022). Outcomes of the German Funding Program for the Internationalization of Vocational Education and Training Research.

Frank, K., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Schlax, J., Brückner, S. & Dormann, C. (2022). Promotion of prospective teachers’ didactic (adaptive) competencies using digital multimedia learning packages — An evaluation study. (Paper)

Maur, A., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Bültmann, A.-K., Shenavai, K., Fischer, J., Nagel, M.-T. & Schmidt, S. (2022). Profiles of Generic Critical Online Reasoning among Young Professionals in Medicine, Law and Teaching. (Paper)

Magel, M.-T., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Bültmann, A.-K., Fischer, J. Schmidt, S., Maur, A. & Brückner, S. (2022). The Relationship between Web Search Behaviour and Website Characteristics, and Young Professionals’ Critical Online Reasoning. (Paper)

 

Februar 2022: Announcement publications

Federiakin, D., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Kardanova, E., Kühling-Thees, C., Reichert-Schlax, J., & Koreshnikova, Y. (2022). Cross-National Structure of Economics Competence: Insights from a German and Russian Assessment. Research in Comparative and International Education, online. doi:10.1177/17454999211061243

 


Abstract:

In this paper, we present a study, which models and measures the competencies of higher education students in business and economics - within and across countries. To measure student competencies in a valid and reliable way, the Test of Understanding in College Economics is used, which assesses microeconomic and macroeconomic competencies. continue

 

Reichert-Schlax, J., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Happ, R., Yamaoka, M., Asano, T., & Abe, S. (2022). Economic literacy among beginning higher education economics students in Japan and Germany and its socio-demographic influencing factors. Research in Comparative and International Education, online. https://doi.org/10.1177/17454999211057621

 

 

Abstract:

In view of cross-national student mobility and increasing internationalization of the labor market, a common understanding of economic concepts as well as awareness for country-specific factors influencing economics education is essential. Therefore, the development of instruments that allow for comparable investigation across countries is crucial. continue

 

Kühling-Thees, C., Reichert-Schlax, J., & Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O. (2021). Eine Längsschnittsanalyse der Studieneingangs- und Studienprozessfaktoren auf den Studienerfolg im wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Bachelorstudium. Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung, 16(4), 97-117.

Abstract:

Studieneingangsvoraussetzungen, wie das Vorwissen, gelten als wesentliche Prädiktoren für den Studienerfolg. Studienanfänger/innen in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften zeichnen sich durch eine große Heterogenität zu Studienbeginn aus. In einer Längsschnittstudie wird betrachtet, inwiefern die heterogenen Studieneingangsvoraussetzungen den Studienerfolg erklären und wie dieser Zusammenhang unter Berücksichtigung der studienprozessbezogenen Einflussfaktoren sich verändert. continue

 

Roeper, J., Reichert-Schlax, J., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O. Klose, V., Weber, M., & Nagel, M.-T. (2022). Patterns of domain-specific learning among medical undergraduate students in relation to confidence in their physiology knowledge - Insights from a pre-post study. Frontiers in Psychology, online. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.562211

Abstract:

Research Focus: The promotion of domain-specific knowledge is a central goal of higher education and, in the field of medicine, it’s especially essential to promote global health. Domain-specific knowledge on its own is not exhaustive; confidence regarding the factual truth of this knowledge content is also required. continue

 

Toepper, M., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., & Kühling-Thees, C. (2021). Research in International Transfer of Vocational Education and Training – A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET), 8(4), 138-169. https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.8.4.7

Abstract:

Context: The transfer of vocational education and training (VET) has a long tradition and can be based on various conceptual and methodical approaches. Transfer process and success can be influenced by numerous factors at different levels (systemic, institutional and individual). However, the existing research on the challenges and success factors of VET transfer is very heterogenous and fragmented. continue

 

November 2021: Announcement publication

Cortina, J., Dormann, C., Markell, H., & Keener, S. (in press). Endogenous moderator models: What they are, what they aren’t, and why it matters. Organizational Research Methods.


Abstract:

Models that combine moderation and mediation are increasingly common. One such model is that in which one variable causes another variable that, in turn, moderates the relationship between two other variables. There are many recent examples of these Endogenous Moderator Models (EMMs). continue

 

September 2021: Announcement publications

Research Topic

Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Alexander, P. A., & Pellegrino, J. W. (2021). Assessing Information Processing and Online Reasoning as a Prerequisite for Learning in Higher Education. Frontiers Research Topic. https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/12111/assessing-information-processing-and-online-reasoning-as-a-prerequisite-for-learning-in-higher-educa#articles

Examples of published articles in this volume:

Solano-Flores, G. (2021). The Semiotics of Test Design: Conceptual Framework on Optimal Item Features in Educational Assessment Across Cultural Groups, Countries, and Languages. Frontiers Research Topic. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.637993

Leighton, J. P., Cui, Y. & Cutumisu, M. (2021). Key Information Processes for Thinking Critically in Data-Rich Environments. Frontiers Research Topic. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.561847

Tkotz, J., Kienhues, D., Jucks, R. & Bromme, R. (2021). Keep Calm in Heated Debates: How People Perceive Different Styles of Discourse in a Scientific Debate. Frontiers Research Topic. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.572503

Lücking, A., Brückner, S. Abrami, G., Uslu, T. & Mehler A. (2021). Computional Linguistic Assessment of Textbooks and Online Texts by Means of Threshold Concepts in Economics. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.578475


Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Hartig, J., & Goldhammer, F. (2021). Progressions in Learning in the Age of (Mis)Information – Advances in Higher Education Learning Research [Special Issue]. Studies in Higher Education.

Examples of Published Articles in this volume:

Banerjee, M., & Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O. (2021). The gap between knowledge and belief: narrative, affect and students´ deeper learning in higher education. Studies in Higher Education. DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2021.1953330

Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Hartig, J., Goldhammer, F., & Krstev, J. (2021). Students’ online information use and learning progress in higher education – A critical literature review. Studies in Higher Education DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2021.1953336


Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Nell-Müller, S., & Happ, R. (Eds.) (2021). Digital Approaches to Promoting Integration in Higher Education – Opening Universities to Refugees. Springer Briefs in Education. Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77151-5

About this book:

This book discusses digital learning opportunities in higher education for refugees with different educational, social, cultural and linguistic backgrounds. continue

 

 

 


Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Brückner, S., Nagel, M.-T., Bültmann, A.-K., Fischer, J., Schmidt, S., & Molerov, D. (2021). Performance Assessment and Digital Training Framework for Young Professionals' Generic and Domain-specific Online Reasoning in Law, Medicine, and Teacher Practice. Journal of Supranational Policies of Education, 13, 9-36.

Abstract:

In the digital age, the Internet is increasingly considered a major information source. This is especially true for informal, e.g., post-university, learning. Evidentially, young professionals are increasingly using online sources as an information and learning tool. Critical reasoning from online information for learning and professional processes in the domains of medicine, law, and teaching is considered a highly relevant competence facet. continue

 

27.07.2021: Important announcement

The secretariat of the chair of Prof. Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia will not be available during August 2nd till 6th 2021.

 

June 2021: Announcement of paper presentations

The conference season continues! We are pleased to be able to present our research work at the following events:

 

 

digiGEBF Thementagung Hochschule 2021 am 17.-18. Juni 2021
Reichert-Schlax, J., Brückner, S., Saas, H. & Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, 0. (2021).
Entwicklung und Evaluation multimedialer Lernpakete zur Förderung allgemeindidaktischer Kompetenzen angehender Lehrkräfte.

Updates zum Programm hier

 

Jahrestagung der NCME am 8.-11. Juni 2021
11.06.2021, 19-20 Uhr, Research Blitz

Knowledge Acquisition in Higher Education Economics and its Relation to Students` Confidence
Schlax, J., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O. & Nagel, M.

 

Jahrestagung der ITC am 9.-12. Juli 2021

10.7.21 Room B 14:15 to 15:00. Q&A session in Meeting Room ZOOM-3 at 15:15 to 15:30, Paper presentation

Assessment of Higher Education Students’ Economic Knowledge in Germany and Japan – A
cross-national perspective on gender effects
Schlax, J., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Walstad, W. B., Yamaoka, M., Asano, T., Abe, S. & Nagel, M.

 

10.7.21 Room C 11:00 to 11:45 Paper presentation.

Q&A session in Meeting Room ZOOM-5 at 13 to 13:15
Assessment of Knowledge Development Over the Course of a Bachelor`s Degree – Analyzing Dis-tinct Learning Patterns Using Internationally Established Standardized Tests

 

June 2021: Announcement publication

Zadow, A. J., Dollard, M. F., Dormann, C. & Landsbergis, P. (in press). Predicting new major depression symptoms from long working hours, psychosocial safety climate and work engagement. A population-based cohort study. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/bmjopen-2020-044133

 

 

Abstract:

Objectives: This study sought to assess the association between long working hours, psychosocial safety climate (PSC), work engagement and new major depression symptoms emerging over the next 12 months. PSC is the work climate supporting workplace psychological health.
Setting: Australian prospective cohort population data from the states of New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia. continue

 

May 2021: Announcement presentation

Presentations Annual Conference AERA 2021

Saas, S., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Reichert-Schlax, J., Brückner, S., Kuhn, C. & Dormann, C. (2021, April 9). Development and Evaluation of Digital Multimedia Packages to Improve Situation-Specific Instructional Skills in Teacher Education [Poster presentation].  Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Online.

At present (in times of COVID-19), digitalizing teaching and supplementing learning with new online elements is becoming particularly important. Especially in higher education, there is a demand for innovative teaching-learning tools and for formative assessments to be able to educate highly heterogeneous student groups in a targeted manner. continue

For more information click here.

 

May 2021: Announcement presentation

Presentation BMBF Conference„Viele Wege führen zum Erfolg - Ein Dialog zwischen Forschung und Praxis über Studienerfolg und Studienabbruch“

Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Kühling-Thees, O., & Reichert-Schlax, J. (2021). Studieneingangsdiagnostik zur Vorhersage des Studienerfolgs in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften mittels eines validierten Tests. Vortrag auf der BMBF Tagung „Viele Wege führen zum Erfolg - Ein Dialog zwischen Forschung und Praxis über Studienerfolg und Studienabbruch“ am 27.04.2021 (online).

For more information click here.

 

April 2021: Announcement presentations

Digitales Konferenzjahr der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (digiGEBF)

 

 

The role of individual beliefs when critically dealing with contradictory information from multiple sources
Nagel, M., Troitschanskaia, O., Jurisch, J. & Schmidt, S.

 

Students’ Critical Online Reasoning and its Influences
Nagel, M., Troitschanskaia, O., Schmidt, S., Jurisch, J. & Molerov, D.

 

April 2021: New project permit

ERASMUS+ Initiative: Shaping the way Higher Education Institutions do Research and Innovation with and for Society (R&I LOOP)

We are pleased to announce the new EU funded ERASMUS+ Initiative: Shaping the way Higher Education Institutions do Research and Innovation with and for Society (R&I LOOP). This project is a collaborative effort between five partners across four European countries (Portugal, Spain, Italy and Germany) and will be led in Germany at the JGU by Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia and Uwe Schmidt.

For additional information please visit our homepage and social networks:

 

March 2021: Announcement publication

Homberg, M., & Dormann, C. (2021). CoTiMA: Continuous Time Meta-Analysis. R package version 0.3.6. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=CoTiMA

 

 

Abstract:
The CoTiMA R package performs meta-analyses of correlation matrices of repeatedly measured variables taken from studies that used different time intervals. Different time intervals between measurement occasions impose problems for meta-analyses because the effects (e.g. cross-lagged effects) cannot be simply aggregated, for example, by means of traditional fixed or random effects analysis. continue

 

March 2021: Announcement publication

Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O. & Toepper, M. (2021). Assessment of Student Learning Progress in Higher Education – Methodological Approaches and Results. In C. Hughes & M. Tight (Ed.), Learning Gain in Higher Education (International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, Vol. 14). Emerald Publishing Limited, (pp. 33-57). https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-362820210000014004

Abstract:
This chapter outlines the challenges that research and practice in higher education have faced in measuring students' competences and learning outcomes. Particular attention is given to the systematic and institutional contexts in Germany. continue

 

January 2021: New project permit

Research Training Group (GRK) Digital Information Landscape and its Impact on Students’ Online Learning (DIAPASON)

We are pleased to announce that the Research Training Group DIAPAISON "Digital Information Landscape and its Impact on Students’ Online Learning" is funded by the Gutenberg Council for Young Researchers at the JGU Mainz. Five scholarships starting summer term 2021 will be awarded. The interdisciplinary GRK DIAPASON focuses on the structural and semantic analysis of the online information landscape in which today’s higher education students acquire a large amount of their domain-specific knowledge, and on the relation with student learning in higher education economics and medicine.

 

January 2021: Announcement publication

Kühling-Thees, C., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Nagel, M.-T., Yamada, R. & Shirakawa, Y. (2021). Generic Skills of Economics and Educational Science Students – Insights from a German-Japanese Study. In E. Braun, R. Esterhazy & R. Kordts-Freudinger (Edt.). Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (pp. 83-98). Münster: Waxmann.

Abstract: Assessing domain-specific and generic skills in higher education has gained significant importance worldwide. Recent curricular analyses have confirmed that the acquisition of domain-specific and generic skills is included as a learning outcome in the study manuals and module descriptions of most German and Japanese higher education study programs. continue

 

 

January 2021: Announcement publications

 

 

 

 

Molerov, D., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Nagel, M.-T., Brückner, S., Schmidt, S. & Shavelson, R. (2020). Assessing University Students' Critical Online Reasoning Ability: A Conceptual and Assessment Framework With Preliminary Evidence. Frontiers in Education (online first). https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2020.577843/full

Nagel, M.-T., Schäfer, S., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Schmer, C., Maurer, M., Molerov, D. & Brückner, S. (2020). How Do University Students’ Web Search Behavior, Website Characteristics, and the Interaction of Both Influence Students’ Critical Online Reasoning? Frontiers in Education (online first). https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2020.565062/full

Schmidt, S., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Roeper, J., Klose, V., Weber, M., Bültmann, A.-K. & Brückner, B. (2020). Undergraduate Students’ Critical Online Reasoning—Process Mining Analysis. Frontiers in Psychology (online first). https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.576273/full

Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Beck, K., Fischer, J., Braunheim, D., Schmidt, S. & Shavelson, R. (2020). The Role of Students’ Beliefs When Critically Reasoning From Multiple Contradictory Sources of Information in Performance Assessments. Frontiers in Psychology (online first). https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02192/full

 

January 2021: Announcement of paper presentations

The chair of business and economics education will be represented at various international meetings in 2021.

 

 

 

 

Annual meeting of NCME 8.-11. June 2021

Knowledge Acquisition in Higher Education Economics and its Relation to Students` Confidence

Schlax, J., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O. & Nagel, M.

 

Annual meeting of ITC 9.-12. June 2021

Assessment of Higher Education Students’ Economic Knowledge in Germany and Japan – A

cross-national perspective on gender effects

Schlax, J., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Walstad, W. B., Yamaoka, M., Asano, T., Abe, S. & Nagel, M.

 

Assessment of Knowledge Development Over the Course of a Bachelor`s Degree – Analyzing Dis-tinct Learning Patterns Using Internationally Established Standardized Tests

Schlax, J., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Schmidt, S. & Walstad, W. B.

 

Epistemic Network Analyses of Eye Tracking Data on Students’ Graph Understanding.

Brückner, S., Schneider, J., & Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia

 

Students’ Critical Online Reasoning and its Influences

Nagel, M., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Schmidt, S., Jurisch, J. & Molerov, D.

 

December 2020: Announcement of publication

Brückner, S., Schneider, J., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O. & Drachsler, H. (2020). Epistemic Network Analyses of Economics Students’ Graph Understanding: An Eye-Tracking Study. Sensors, 20(23), 6908.

To the article: click here.

 

01.09.2020: Announcement of publications

Brückner S, Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia O, Küchemann S, Klein P and Kuhn J (2020) Changes in Students’ Understanding of and Visual Attention on Digitally Represented Graphs Across Two Domains in Higher Education: A Postreplication Study. Front. Psychol. 11:2090. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02090

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Brückner S., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia O., Pant H.A. (2020) Standards für pädagogisches Testen. In: Moosbrugger H., Kelava A. (Hrsg.) Testtheorie und Fragebogenkonstruktion (3. Aufl., S. 217-248) . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

To the educational book: click here

 

August 2020: Announcement

Prize for the habilitation thesis

 

The habilitation thesis of PD Dr. Roland Happ was awarded with the prize of the Käthe and Ulrich Pleiß Foundation. The title of the habilitation thesis is "The influence of the migration background on different facets of economic knowledge - implications for economic didactics". The prize money is 3,000 €

 

Further information can be found on the foundation's homepage https://kaethe-und-ulrich-pleiss-stiftung.de/preis/

 

The Chairs of Business Education congratulate PD Dr. Roland Happ on this award for his work.

 

July 2020: Appointments

Habilitation Roland Happ

With his habilitation lecture on 30.06.2020, Dr. Roland Happ completed his habilitation procedure at the Department of Law and Economics at JGU Mainz. The title of the lecture was "Internationally comparative analyses of economic competencies of young adults". The colloquium awarded him the venia legendi for the subject "Educational Science with a focus on vocational and business and economics education". His habilitation thesis is entitled "The influence of the migration background on different facets of economic knowledge - implications for economic education". We congratulate PD. Dr. habil. Roland Happ for his performance.

Marie-Theres Nagel new member of the Gutenberg-Academy

The doctoral student Marie-Theres Nagel was accepted as a junior member of the Gutenberg-Academy, which funds and fosters up to 25 of the most outstanding PhD candidates from all departments of Johannes Gutenberg University. We congratulate Ms. Nagel for this achievement.

 

July 2020: New projects permits

New Project Funding: BRIDGE (Performance Assessment of Domain-specific and Generic Use of Online Media by Young Professionals)

We are pleased to announce that the new collaborative project BRIDGE is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for a period of three years (2020 to 2023). BRIDGE is a collaborative effort between GU Frankfurt (Principal Investigators: Alexander Mehler, Jochen Roeper) and JGU Mainz (Principal Investigator Matthias Cornils) and is headed by Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia (JGU). The aim of BRIDGE is to assess the influence of online media used in job-specific educational processes. In a longitudinal design, the general critical online reasoning (GEN-COR) and domain-specific critical online reasoning (DOM-COR) of young professionals from three different domains – medicine, law, and teacher training – are measured using performance assessments and analyzed using innovative approaches such as educational data mining and text mining based on approaches from computer linguistics and learning analytics. The core of the project is an online training program that teaches participants how to critically deal with online information by fostering self-learning strategies.

 

23.06.2020: Announcement of publications

Roeper, J., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Klose, V., Nagel, M.-T. & Schlax, J. (2020). A New Approach to Analyzing the Development of Domain-Specific Knowledge Among Undergraduate Medical Students Using Learning Scores. American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research, 7(4).: 319-323.

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Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., & Schlax, J. (2020). Entry Assessment of  Student   Learning Preconditions in Higher Education – Implications for the Transition from Secondary to Tertiary Education in Germany. European Review: 1–18.

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January 2020: New projects permits

ELMaWi-Transfer – Fostering subject-specific competencies of prospective teachers using video-based ELMaWi Tools

The research proposal “ELMaWi-Transfer - Fostering subject-specific competencies of prospective mathematics and economics teachers using video-based ELMaWi tools” by the Chair of Business Education (Dr. Christiane Kuhn, Prof. Dr. Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Hannes Saas) has been positively evaluated and recommended for further funding by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The transfer project was submitted in cooperation with the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education in Kiel (Department of Mathematics Education) and represents a continuation of the successful joint ELMaWi project (https://www.eng.elmawi.de/). The expected project start date is 1 July 2020.

Contact: christiane.kuhn@uni-mainz.de; hannes.saas@uni-mainz.de



KoKoHs-Map:Mapping Competency Acquisition in Higher Education and its Influences (2020 – 2020)

The research proposal “KoKoHs-Map: Map of Competence Acquisition in Higher Education and Its Influencing Factors. A Meta-Study on the Results of the KoKoHs Funding Initiative (2011-2020)" by the Chair of Business and Economics Education (Prof. Dr. Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Miriam Toepper) has been positively evaluated and recommended for further funding by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The project was submitted in cooperation with the HU Berlin (Prof. Dr. Hans Anand Pant) and represents a continuation of the successful joint KoKoHs project. The project starts on 1 January 2020.

Numerous competence models and test procedures have been developed within the scope of the KoKoHs funding initiatives since 2011. Using these validated instruments, the 39 project consortia surveyed students' competencies in a broad range of subjects and across disciplines. In KoKoHs, an (inter)nationally unique database on the level, acquisition and development of students' competences was created. This data is being meta-analytically evaluated in the BMBF-funded collaborative project "KoKoHs-Map“ to gain cross-project insights into academic competence acquisition. The aim is to create a differentiated research map on the acquisition of students’ competencies and their key influencing factors

Contact: info@kompetenzen-im-hochschulsektor.de


PLATO: Funding by the German Federal State Rhineland-Palatinate

PLATO has been granted funding by the German federal state Rhineland-Palatinate, starting in 2019 up until 2023. The research platform is funded at the University of Mainz and is subject to regular evaluation. The aim of the research platform is to consolidate and focus the cooperation in PLATO on the basis of third-party-funded collaborative programs.

RMU Funding: The Effects of the Internet on Learning in Higher Education

PLATO was granted funding from the initiative fund of the Rhine-Main Universities (RMU), from 2018 until 2020. The RMU funding has been used to consolidate pilot studies on the effects of the Internet on learning and to prepare a basis for a cross-university application to solidify PLATO collaboration structures.
(for more information click here.)

 

20.09.2019:  Lecture for Chinese delegation

Dr. Roland Happ (Chair of Business and Economic Education Prof. Dr. Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia) gave a lecture on behalf of the Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade in Mainz on 04.09.2019 in front of a delegation of 20 university professors. The delegation comes from the Guangdong Agriculture Industry Business Polytechnic College in China. The topic of the lecture was the economic knowledge of German and Chinese students.

 

06.09.2019: Announcement

On October 14th 2019 an internal research colloquium of the Chairs of Business and Economics Education will take place. Therefore, the secretariats and offices will not be available on this day.

 

06.09.2019: Announcement

The secretariat of the chair of Prof. Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia will not be available during October 7th till 11th 2019. In urgent cases, please get in contact with the staff or via mail: lstroitschanskaia@uni-mainz.de

 

06.09.2019: Announcement of publication

Zlatkin -Troitschanskaia, O., Jitomirski, J., Happ, R., Molerov, D., Schlax, J., Kühling-Thees, C., Förster, M. & Brückner, S. (2019). Validating a Test for Measuring Knowledge and Understanding of Economics Among University Students. Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie, 32(2), 119–133.

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University students' knowledge and understanding of economics have mostly been investigated cross-sectionally; however, longitudinal analyses are needed to determine which factors influence knowledge development and to draw valid conclusions based on test results. In the WiWiKom II project, a quasi-experimental longitudinal study was conducted assessing bachelor students of business and economics over the course of their studies in Germany (N = 39 universities). In this project, running from 2016 – 2019, the test-takers complete the WiWiKom II-test of economic knowledge (adapted TUCE4G and TEL4G items) and a general cognitive ability test (BEFKI 11) at four measurement points, each one year apart. In this paper, we describe the validation of the test instrument based on the data from the first measurement (winter semester 2016/17). We compare students' results on the economic knowledge test and the general cognitive abilities test between first-year students of economic sciences (N = 3,710) and social sciences (N = 1,347) to determine the discriminant validity of the economic knowledge test. The findings from the confirmatory factor analyses presented here show that the items on general cognitive ability and economic knowledge are empirically separable. As expected, there were no differences in the factorial structure between the comparison groups (economic vs. social science students) at the beginning of their studies.

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