About the Project




Our aim: Development of fair examination tasks and identification of success factors for competence and identity development



INTERCONNECT analyses commercial examinations in relation to questions concerning the quality of vocational training. The focus of the research activities lies in the development of valid examination tasks and research into the operational conditions that influence commercial competency development.The project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and is conducted in cooperation with the University of Duisburg-Essen.




Our approach: 3 data collection points for industrial clerks using competence-oriented examination tasks and validated instrument to measure the quality of company training as well as to record vocational identity development



To ensure the competences of commercial trainees,they are asssessed as realistically as possible and competency-oriented test taks are used. These tasks are integrated in a complete business process and require holistic thinking processes in the context of the company. A standardised tool (VET-LQI) is used to record the learning conditions in the workplace, it does not allow any conclusions about individual companies to be drawn. The developed measuring instruments not only offer the possibilty for integration into school examination practices but also can be used in the future to draw conculsions about the quality of the trainees' learning processes and open up access to support measures. The target group consists of industrial clerks who take part in the study at the beginning, during, and end of their training.