Jana Groß Ophoff|Christina Egger
Assessment of German and Austrian students' Educational Research Literacy: validation of a competency test based on cross-national comparisons
Pädagogische Hochschule Vorarlberg|Pädagogische Hochschule Salzburg|Pädagogische Hochschule Vorarlberg|Pädagogische Hochschule Salzburg
educational research literacy erl ability access comprehend consider scientific information apply resulting conclusions problems connected educational decisions crucial process databased decision making andcorresponding consecutive phasesdefined conglomeration different facets competence including information literacy statistical literacy evidencebased reasoning however engagement research educational contexts appears difficulties even remarkable state knowledge actual teacher competency levels remains unsatisfactory even though test instruments assessing research literacy developed recent years paper addresses question whether test developed specific context german study programs teacher education applied national contexts case austrian teacher education investigation construct validity consideration psychometric structure group differences item level necessary ensuring fairness crossnational comparisons based multidimensional item response theory models samples germany n 1360 students 6 universities austria n 295 students 2 universities investigated terms measurement invariance two countries comparable psychometric structure least partial measurement invariance particular advantage either sample could demonstrated indication presented test instrument validly applied assess research literacy teacher training students countries