Projects
GamA
Gamification refers to the application of typical gaming elements in a non-gaming context. The Gamified Assessment project investigates the role of gamification elements in performance testing.
GeKiSch
This project analyses the importance of low-threshold schooling and learning opportunities in initial reception centres in Hesse for the development, learning and integration process of children and adolescents. The aim is to identify the psychosocial needs of children in the developmental phase of school age and ultimately the challenges for educational practice in the school context and to formulate recommendations for policy and practice.
GeoChild
This project aims to explore how basic geometric skills (e.g., recognizing and categorizing geometric shapes or navigating in space) can be promoted in everyday kindergarden activities and which learning prerequisites are beneficial for this.
GIDeCA
GIDeCA assessed biological and psychosocial family-related influences on the ability to delay rewards and on risky decision-making behavior in children with different ADHD symptoms.
GoThink
The project looks at how doing iconic gestures while processing sentences supports logical-abstract thinking in elementary school kids, and what role working memory plays in this.
GUIDEPREP
The Europe-wide project ‘Growing Up in Digital Europe’ (GUIDE) analyses the success factors for the development of well-being in a digital world. Over a period of about 25 years, two birth cohorts (infants and school-age children) and their parents will be systematically surveyed. The upstream project GUIDEPREP (‘GUIDE Preparatory Phase’) will develop the necessary research infrastructure for the GUIDE panel between 2022 and 2026.
Hate Crime
The project Hate Crime explores bias-motivated violence from an interdisciplinary perspective (law, ethics and psychology).
Hector
Hector Children’s Academies are extracurricular institutions that offer support to gifted children under the age of ten; they endorse a holistic approach. The aim of the project is a scientific monitoring of the support program. This includes the support of the implementation, the evaluation of the courses offered and the investigation of related scientific questions.
IGEL
The project IGEL aims at evaluating three different teaching approaches (scaffolding instructional discourse, formative assessment, and peer-assisted learning) in primary school science education.
iLearn
This project evaluates the potential of computerized formative assessment to support reading acquisition of children with reading difficulties. Formative assessment enables teachers to adapt their teaching methods to the individual learning progress of their students.