Projects
Individual Development
This domain investigates the foundations of learning and development including cognitive and social risk factors.
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DYNAMO
The DYNAMO project investigates the association between fulfillment of basic psychological needs and motivation in children and adolescents. To that end, a measurement instrument shall be developed which allows for assessing these two constructs in these age groups.
EABU
The research group aims to identify the causes of educational inequalities, analyse changes over time and identify the risks and opportunities of digitalization to reduce educational inequalities.
EAGLeS
The EAGLeS project focuses on the acquisition of written language skills when learning English as a foreign language in Years 5 and 6. It will look for systematic differences between children with reading and/or spelling difficulties and those without. This will be followed by the development and validation of an English diagnostic procedure.
ELF int.
The project ELF int. aims to analyze the procedure for estimating length with a view to accuracy in an international comparison.
erStMaL
The erStMaL project is a long-term study that investigates the development of mathematical thinking in children from kindergarten until the second grade of elementary school by using mathematical situations of play and exploration.
ESKOM-Ü4
The project addresses the educational decision between different tracks of secondary education in German and Turkish-origin families.
ExFunKi
The ExFunKi project aims to improve the diagnosis of executive functions in preschool children.
FLINK-SRL
FLINK-SRL extends the digital reading intervention FLINK by integrating self-regulation prompts. The project aims to support students in planning, monitoring, and reflecting on their learning process. By fostering deeper engagement with the learning materials, FLINK-SRL seeks to enhance the overall effectiveness of the intervention.
FLUX
The project FLUX studies daily fluctuations in children’s cognitive performance in the school context.
FrameWord
The aim of the project FrameWord is to investigate whether mechanisms that were described for visual object recognition – namely, neuronal top-down processing – also apply for visual word recognition.