Kira Elena Weber

Prof. Dr. Kira Elena Weber


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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12 February 2025 in AI
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LJLucas Jacobsen
Lucas Jacobsen
KWKira Elena Weber
Kira Elena Weber
Background/Objectives: Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming higher education (HE), reshaping teaching, learning, and feedback processes. Feedback generated by large language models (LLMs) has shown potential for enhancing student learning outcomes. However, few empirical studies have directly compared the quality of LLM feedback with feedback from novices and experts. This study investigates (1) the types of prompts needed to ensure high-quality LLM feedback in teacher education and (2) how feedback from novices, experts, and LLMs compares in terms of quality. Methods: To address these questions, we developed a theory-driven manual to evaluate prompt quality and designed three prompts of varying quality. Feedback generated by ChatGPT-4 was assessed alongside feedback from novices and experts, who were provided with the highest-quality prompt. Results: Our findings reveal that only the best prompt consistently produced high-quality feedback. Additionally, LLM feedback outperformed novice feedback and, in the categories explanation, questions, and specificity, even surpassed expert feedback in quality while being generated more quickly. Conclusions: These results suggest that LLMs, when guided by well-crafted prompts, can serve as high-quality and efficient alternatives to expert feedback. The findings underscore the importance of prompt quality and emphasize the need for prompt design guidelines to maximize the potential of LLMs in teacher education.

9 October 2023 in Teaching and Teacher Education
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TSTabea Schulze-Hagenest
Tabea Schulze-Hagenest
BCBastian Carstensen
Bastian Carstensen
KWKira Elena Weber
Kira Elena Weber
TJThorben Jansen
Thorben Jansen
JMJennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
UKUta Klusmann
Uta Klusmann

23 March 2023 in Teaching and Teacher Education
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CPChristopher Neil Prilop
Christopher Neil Prilop
KWKira Elena Weber
Kira Elena Weber

21 March 2023 in Studies in Educational Evaluation
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KWKira Elena Weber
Kira Elena Weber
CPChristopher Neil Prilop
Christopher Neil Prilop
MKMarc Kleinknecht
Marc Kleinknecht

12 October 2023 in Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft
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KWKira Elena Weber
Kira Elena Weber
KNKatharina Neuber
Katharina Neuber
Christopher Neil PrilopChristopher Neil Prilop
Christopher Neil Prilop
Zusammenfassung: Die Reflexion über Klassenführung als Basisdimension guten Unterrichts ist von entscheidender Bedeutung für die Professionalisierung von Lehrkräften. Dabei stellt sich die Frage, welche Rolle reflexionsbezogene Dispositionen (Wissen und Reflexionsbereitschaft) für die Qualität reflexionsbezogener Denkprozesse (Wahrnehmung und wissensgesteuerte Verarbeitung) mit dem Fokus auf Klassenführung spielen. In der vorliegenden Studie wurde dieser Zusammenhang anhand einer Stichprobe von 193 Lehramtsstudierenden im Rahmen eines Mixed-Method-Designs empirisch überprüft. Neben der standardisierten Erfassung des deklarativen Wissens über Klassenführung und der Reflexionsbereitschaft wurde den Studierenden ein Unterrichtsvideo gezeigt, welches im Hinblick auf klassenführungsspezifische Situationen von den Studierenden reflektiert werden sollte. Die schriftlichen Reflexionen wurden mit einer strukturierenden Inhaltsanalyse ausgewertet mit dem Ziel, die selektive Wahrnehmung, die wissensgesteuerte Verarbeitung klassenführungsspezifischer Situationen sowie das konzeptuelle Wissen zu erfassen. Die Ergebnisse dieser qualitativen Analyse wurden anschließend zum Zwecke statistischer Analysen quantifiziert. Regressionsanalysen ergaben, dass die standardisierte Erfassung des deklarativen Wissens die selektive Wahrnehmung vorhersagen kann, während das konzeptuelle Wissen über Klassenführung einen Prädiktor für die wissensgesteuerte Verarbeitung klassenführungsspezifischer Situationen darstellt. Die Reflexionsbereitschaft hängt signifikant mit beiden Wissensfacetten zusammen, stellt jedoch keinen Prädiktor für die reflexionsbezogenen Denkprozesse dar. Die Befunde werden vor dem Hintergrund der Relevanz von Reflexionsprozessen kritisch diskutiert.

EHElena Hohensee
Elena Hohensee
KWKira Elena Weber
Kira Elena Weber
Teacher well-being is intrinsically associated with their personal resources, including health literacy and occupational self-regulation. However, there are few empirical findings on teacher trainees’ health literacy. Furthermore, occupational self-regulation has so far only been associated with indicators of occupational well-being. From a public health perspective, research on teacher trainees’ general well-being will benefit from taking both research aspects into account. In this study, we analysed data from 407 teacher trainees in Germany. Latent profile analysis confirmed the four occupational self-regulatory types (healthy-ambitious, unambitious, excessively ambitious, and resigned), which differed significantly on the health literacy dimensions self-regulation, self-control, self-perception, proactive approach to health, communication and cooperation, and dealing with health information. The health literacy dimensions of self-regulation and self-control were mainly related to occupational self-regulation. Independently of each other, the self-regulatory types and the health literacy dimensions of self-regulation, self-control, and proactive approach to health predicted teacher trainees’ general well-being. If both constructs are considered together, the health literacy dimensions explain more variance in teacher trainees’ general well-being than the self-regulatory types. Research and practical implications are discussed.