PPM - Methods of pedagocical and Psychological Research at the IPN Kiel

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Pedagogical and Psychological Research Methodology (PPM)

The research methodology group (PPM) works on developing and applying methods for data analyses in educational science. In Educational Measurement we focus on Item Response Theory, where applications work mainly with large scale assessment studies and monitoring educational outcomes. In detail, staff in the PPM department work on the following projects:

Monitoring

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA): PISA Projekt
PIRLS 2006 Germany. IGLU 2006
Assessment of Educational Standards. Bildungsstandards Mathe 9. Klasse
A national Educational Panel in Germany

Research Areas

Longitudinal modelling in large scale assessments
Person parameter estimation in large scale assessments

Software
When applying quantitative and qualitative methods for empirical research, PPM staff use the following software products:

WINMIRA for mixture distribution models
MULTIRA for multidimensional Rasch analyses
PANMARK for measurement of change with categorical data

PPM Staff:

Martin Senkbeil , Brigitte Vosshage-Meier
Recently retired: Ulrich Bosler, Klaus-Henning Hansen, Rolf Langeheine, Jürgen Lehmann and Jürgen Rost

Secretary (ppm@ipn.uni-kiel.de , Tel.: 0431-880-3097): Brigitte Vosshage-Meier.