Research
Current Projects:
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2018-2021 |
"Effects and moderators of Stereotype threat in vocabulary/language learning situations among primary and secondary school students of Turkish origin" (in cooperation with Nele McElvany, Universität Dortmund & Lysann Zander, Universität Hannover). Funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG. |
| 2016-2018 |
"Supporting Language Learning and Identification Integration of Refugee Students Attending Welcome Classes in Germany. An Experimental Study using Peer Mentorships and Social Belonging Interventions" Funded by Robert Bosch Foundation |
| 2015-2018 |
"K2-Teach - Know how to teach" Subproject 1:Acquiring research competence for an evidence-based adaptive teaching practice
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| 2015 |
"Development and Evaluation of Violence Prevention Measures for Police Work at Schools in Berlin" (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Dieter Kleiber). Funded by Landeskriminalamt Berlin. |
| 2013-2014 |
"Evaluation of the Violence Prevention Measures of the Berlin Police at schools" (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Dieter Kleiber). Funded by Landeskriminalamt Berlin. |
| 2011-2015 |
"Are boys left behind at school? Empirical evidence, possible causes, and conclusions for pedagogics, psychology, and educational policy." Funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG. |
| 2009-2013 |
"Language, cognition, and gender". Funded by the European Commission (SP 7). Coordinators: Sabine Sczesny & Lisa Irmen. Berlin sub-project |
| 2009-2012 |
"Fit for responsibility. The benefits of interventive measures to promote socially disadvantaged children and adolescents". Funded by the Roland Berger Foundation. |
| 2009-2013 |
"Training for young volunteers working in extra-curricular educational, mentoring and recreational programs" (in cooperation with Pädagogische Hochschule Zentralschweiz Zug), Jacobs-Foundation |
| 2006-2015 |
Project of Freie Universität Berlin and the Department of Education and Psychology: "Competence-oriented evaluation of teaching in higher education" |
Selection of Completed Projects:
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2009-2013 "The influence of musical and creative projects on the educational development of adolescents" Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
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2006-2010 "Gender-specific social relationships as determinants of early educational processes: A Berlin Longitudinal Study on the influence of attachment to educators and primary school teachers on the educational career of girls and boys." Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG.
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2008-2010 "Successful learning in modern knowledge societies". Funded by the Senator for Education, Science and Research, Berlin.
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2005-2008 "Individual efforts at integration and social requirements for integration of young foreigners in Germany and Switzerland". Funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.
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2004-2006 "Comprehensive schools in Berlin". Funded by the European Social Fund.
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2000-2006 "The influence of the image of mathematics and natural sciences on the development of academic interests and performance". Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
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2001-2005 "Self as knower and self as known. The interaction between declarative and procedural knowledge of self". Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.