Developing a Questionnaire on Quality Principles in Primary Mathematics Teaching: Incorporating Student and Expert Perspectives

Rothering, Sophia; Roesken-Winter, Bettina; Lehmann, Malte; Meyer-Jenßen, Lars

Abstract

Although student ratings are increasingly used to evaluate teaching quality, prior research has focused primarily on teaching in general or on secondary school students. This study therefore developed a questionnaire to capture primary school students’ perspectives on mathematics teaching. The process involved two phases of cognitive interviews with 25 primary school students and one phase of expert ratings provided by ten experts in mathematics education. The resulting 20-item questionnaire was broadly comprehensible to the students and covered the intended constructs, highlighting the importance of integrating both student and expert perspectives in a unified procedure for developing comprehensible, theoretically grounded items.

Keywords

Questionnairehigh-quality teachingteacher professional development

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Rothering, S., Roesken-Winter, B., Lehmann, M., & Meyer-Jenßen, L. (2026). Developing a Questionnaire on Quality Principles in Primary Mathematics Teaching: Incorporating Student and Expert Perspectives. In Krzywacki H., Hähkiöniemi M., Haataja E., Hannula M.S., Hästö P. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Volume 1 (pp. 1235–1242). Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME). ISSN 2790-3648.

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