The OLAW project began in March 2010 and concluded in the summer of 2014 with the 7th symposium and the publication of the book *Diagnostics for Effective Teaching*. The project was funded by the Stifterverband der Deutschen Wissenschaft.
The OLAW team would like to express their sincere thanks to the many contributors from the teacher training colleges, the partner schools and the University of Oldenburg. Around 550 students and trainee teachers have taken part in OLAW events since 2010. The OLAW final report provides an overview of the project’s activities and publications . To mark the project completion, the book *Diagnostics for Effective Teaching* was published. *
*, edited by Fischer A., Hößle C., Jahnke-Klein S., Kiper H. and Komorek M., Michaelis, J., Niesel, V., Sjuts, J. (2014). *
* Baltmannsweiler Schneider Verlag, Hohengehren. ISBN: 9783834013125

The professionalism of teachers is of crucial importance to the quality of teaching. Particular attention has been paid to diagnostic skills. This is because strong diagnostic skills and high teaching effectiveness are closely interlinked. This book on diagnostic assessment for effective teaching has emerged from several years of research into the development of diagnostic and support skills among trainee teachers. It contains 15 articles on educational science and subject-specific didactics, with a focus on biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics. The articles combine research and practical perspectives. They address, on the one hand, proven approaches to developing professional diagnostic skills and, on the other, characteristic diagnostic support strategies for effective implementation in the classroom. In doing so, they explicitly take into account the heterogeneity of pupils. The book is aimed at lecturers at universities and teacher training colleges, at teacher training students and trainee teachers, as well as at practising teachers, all of whom have a particular interest in reliable assessment and targeted support.
Schneider Verlag Hohengehren GmbH
____________________________________________________________ The 7th OLAW symposium took place on Monday, 23 June 2014, from 4.30 pm to approximately 7.00 pm in the lecture centre (Senate Meeting Room) at the University of Oldenburg.
The keynote speaker was Prof. Dr Ilka Parchmann from the IPN in Kiel, who spoke on current key issues in science education research.

6th conference: Assessment for Effective Teaching On 28 February and 1 March 2013, the conference ‘Assessment for Effective Teaching’ took place in the BIS Hall at the University of Oldenburg. The conference focused on the ability to assess and support learners, a skill of central importance to the professional competence of teachers. Eight speakers from Germany and Switzerland explored various issues relating to assessment from theoretical, empirical and practical perspectives. The speakers came from the fields of education, psychology and various subject-specific didactics. The book accompanying the conference “Diagnostics for Effective Teaching” is due to be published by Schneider-Verlag in June 2014. ____________________________________________________________________________

OLAW leaflet OLAW proposal Press release on the project launch (April 2010) Article in the Ostfriesen-Zeitung 2nd interim report

Target groups

• Trainee teachers specialising in the subjects of biology, chemistry, mathematics or physics,
  and
• Students training to become secondary school teachers specialising in biology, chemistry, mathematics or physics

Partnership

• University of Oldenburg
  
  • Educational Sciences (Prof. Dr Hanna Kiper)
  • Biology Education (Prof. Dr Corinna Hößle)
  • Chemistry Education (Dr Julia Michaelis)
  • Mathematics Education (Prof. Dr Astrid Fischer)
  • Physics Education (Prof. Dr Michael Komorek)
  • Centre for Teaching and Learning (Dr Jens Winkel)
• Leer Teacher Training College for Secondary School Teachers (OSt Apl. Prof. Dr Johann Sjuts)
• Wilhelmshaven Teacher Training Centre for Upper Secondary School Teachers (StD' Christa Becker)
• Oldenburg Teacher Training College for grammar school teachers (StD' Bettina Krause)
• Aurich Teacher Training College for teaching at primary, secondary and lower secondary schools (Principal Elfriede Hannemann)
• Partner schools
• • - Altes Gymnasium Oldenburg
    - Cäcilienschule Oldenburg
    - Gymnasium Papenburg
    - Gymnasium Ulricianum Aurich
    - Westerstede Grammar School
    - Lothar-Meyer Grammar School, Varel
    - Mariengymnasium, Jever
    - Teletta-Groß Grammar School, Leer
    - Ubbo-Emmius Grammar School, Leer

Funding

The Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft is funding the project as part of the competition ‘From the University to the Classroom: New Ways of Collaboration between Universities and Teacher Training Colleges in Teacher Training’. Press release from the Stifterverband

Duration

1 March 2010 – 31 August 2014