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Zellner, Judith ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5113-9872 und Gebhardt, Markus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9122-0556 (2025): Scenario-Based Case Game to Promote Diagnostic Decision-Making in Inclusive Teacher Education. In: Empirische Sonderpädagogik, Bd. 17, Nr. 2: S. 124-141 [PDF, 2MB]

Abstract

Diagnostic decision-making enables teachers to make accurate, data-informed instructional decisions. This study examined how teachers demonstrate diagnostic competences in simulations or how these vary by professional focus. Therefore N = 280 pre-service and in-service primary and special education teachers completed two digital status diagnostics cases using a scenario-based simulation game. Each case addressed either mathematics or reading difficulties and was randomly presented as case 1 or case 2. Participants selected diagnostic tests, interpreted data, and planned interventions. Click behavior (test selection, processing time) and open responses (interpretation and instructional planning quality) were analyzed. Results showed high diagnostic accuracy with in case 1 71.43% and in case 2 73.74 % of participants finding the appropriate test with the first click. Efficiency increased from case 1 to case 2, with the number of selected tests decreasing from M = 3.15 to M = 2.66 although confirmatory clicking persisted. No differences were found between reading and mathematics cases or professional groups—except for processing time: primary education participants responded significantly faster than special education participants (p < .001). A latent profile analysis identified three profiles: (1) uncertain-intuitive decision-makers with low diagnostic quality (N = 56), (2) reflective-deliberate decision-makers with high quality and long processing times (N = 60), and (3) efficient-intuitive decision-makers relying on heuristics, with high quality but low self-assessment (N = 144). The potential of scenario-based games in teacher education and research is discussed and underscores especially for profile 2 the need for adaptive, data-informed support for individual differences in diagnostic decision-making.

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