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Mathematical skills of students with special educational needs in the area of learning (SEN-L) in pre-vocational programs in Germany

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  • Lutz, Stephanie
  • Ebenbeck, Nikola
  • Gebhardt, Markus

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Context: Students with special educational needs in the area of learning (SEN-L) attend vocational trainings to be provided with qualifications for the labor market. Competences in arithmetic operations and comparing quantities such as weights and lengths are indispensable for obtaining a vocational qualification. Therefore, the study investigates whether students with SEN-L in Germany convert job-relevant quantities and master arithmetic operations accurately and with a certain speed before beginning vocational training. Methods: 152 students with SEN-L in pre-vocational training programs in southern Germany were examined using curriculum-related computer tests for formative assessment. Three skill-based tests were constructed as progress monitoring tests comparing weights and lengths and arithmetic operations including a speed component. Results: All newly developed tests meet the requirements of the Rasch model. Students' performance on the lengths test and the weights test correlates with a significant linear relationship (r = 0.64). Only weak correlations (r > 0.29

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  • Lutz, Stephanie & Ebenbeck, Nikola & Gebhardt, Markus, 2023. "Mathematical skills of students with special educational needs in the area of learning (SEN-L) in pre-vocational programs in Germany," International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET), European Research Network in Vocational Education and Training (VETNET), European Educational Research Association, vol. 10(1), pages 1-23.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:ijrvet:271291
    DOI: 10.13152/IJRVET.10.1.1
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