Development and validation of a technology-based assessment for the diagnosis of action-oriented financial competence
The project
EVerFit
The joint project aims to develop and validate an innovative instrument for measuring the financial competence of adolescents and young adults in vocational training. These are technology-based situational judgement tests (SJT). In these tests, adolescents and young adults are presented with complex, authentic financial decision-making situations supported by technology. Their decision-making processes and the decisions themselves are to be recorded holistically, taking into account both cognitive and non-cognitive dispositions. Data is collected using closed and open response formats as well as thinking aloud, eye tracking and emotion recognition. The instrument is validated via several qualitative and quantitative studies that allow the best possible evidence-based interpretation of the test scores. The development of the instrument follows the Evidence-Centred Assessment Design (ECD), and the test validation is based on the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. The result is an assessment that makes it possible to measure financial competence holistically and to identify starting points for targeted support measures. The results are to be integrated into (vocational) school practice in order to effectively support the development of learners' financial literacy.
https://www.edu.sot.tum.de/wipaed/forschung/forschungsprojekt-everfit
Project term
02.2025 – 01.2028
Verbundleitung
Prof. Dr. Manuel Förster
Technical University of Munich
Professur für Wirtschaftspädagogik
Project Management
Prof. Dr. Bärbel Fürstenau
Technische Universität Dresden
Professur für Wirtschaftspädagogik
Project Management
Prof. Dr. Roland Happ
Leipzig University
Department for Vocational Education with a focus on Economics
Project Management
Prof. Dr. Mandy Hommel
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden
Professur Berufspädagogik
Project Management
Prof. Dr. Christin Siegfried
University of Potsdam
Professur für Wirtschaftspädagogik für das berufliche Lehramt
Project Management
Prof. Dr. Eveline Wuttke
Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
Department for Business Education, in particular empirical teaching-learning research
Team
Andreas Emter
University of Potsdam
Professur für Wirtschaftspädagogik für das berufliche Lehramt
Dr. Johann Faltermeier
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden
Professur Berufspädagogik
Sebastian Heidel
Leipzig University
Professur für Berufliche Bildung mit Schwerpunkt Wirtschaft
Josseline Rauscher
Leipzig University
Professur für Berufliche Bildung mit Schwerpunkt Wirtschaft
Elisa Wagner
Leipzig University
Professur für Berufliche Bildung mit Schwerpunkt Wirtschaft
Andreas Kraitzek
Technical University of Munich
Professur für Wirtschaftspädagogik
Hayden Mueller
Technical University of Munich
Professur für Wirtschaftspädagogik
Jessica Nitsch
Technische Universität Dresden
Professur für Wirtschaftspädagogik
Vinzent Weber
Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
Department for Business Education, in particular empirical teaching-learning research
Contact
Prof. Dr. Manuel Förster
Technical University of Munich
Professur für Wirtschaftspädagogik
Andreas Kraitzek
Technical University of Munich
Professur für Wirtschaftspädagogik