This research area aims to generate procedural knowledge which can be used in subsequent projects as a base for the conceptual design and implementation of learning environments. Over the past years, this research area focused on using video studies to analyse instructional processes. Now, the results gained from these analyses are being used as starting points for future projects - in particular, the results on the importance of students' individual use of learning opportunities, on the instructional design of learning opportunities, and on the role which the teacher's professional knowledge plays in instruction. For this purpose, three different levels of teaching and learning are considered and systematically related to each other: on the first level, the individual background conditions of the learners are focused upon. It is assumed that these background conditions have a decisive influence on the acquisition of mathematical and scientific competencies. The second level investigates the extent to which mathematical and scientific learning processes can be specifically fostered with instructional support. The third level highlights the professional knowledge of teachers - its genesis, its structure and its effect on teaching and learning.
 

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