Academic Education
11/2013 – 01/2017: Ph.D. in Psychology (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Hector Institute for Empirical Educational Research, University of Tübingen
Dissertation: “Promoting and Measuring Elementary School Children’s Understanding of Science” (Summa Cum Laude)
10/1998 – 12/2004: Diploma in Psychology at the University of Tübingen (Grade: 1.1)
Thesis: “Identification and Assessment of Gifted Primary School Children by Teachers and Parents – A Comparison with the Results of the AID 2 Intelligence Test” (Grade: 1.0)
06/1998: Abitur (High School Diploma), Gymnasium in der Glemsaue Ditzingen (Overall Grade: 1.1)
Professional Experience
Since 04/2023: Tenure-Track Professor of Psychology at the Ludwigsburg University of Education
10/2022 – 03/2023: Tenure-Track Professor of Educational Psychology at the Institute for Educational Psychology Research at the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel (CAU)
02/2017 – 09/2022: Postdoctoral Researcher and Habilitation Candidate at the Hector Institute for Empirical Educational Research, University of Tübingen
Publication Top Notes
Epistemic Beliefs in Science—A Systematic Integration of Evidence From Multiple Studies
A closer look at elementary school students’ epistemic beliefs – Latent profiles capturing concepts of knowledge and knowing in science
Scaling up an extracurricular science intervention for elementary school students: It works, and girls benefit more from it than boys.
Effects of an extracurricular science intervention on elementary school children’s epistemic beliefs: A randomized controlled trial
Scientific Reasoning in Elementary School Children: Assessment of the Inquiry Cycle
Fostering elementary school children’s public speaking skills: A randomized controlled trial
Elementary school children’s understanding of science: The implementation of an extracurricular science intervention
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