
Research
In our research group, we investigate cognitive, motivational, and social aspects of learning by employing experimental research methods in laboratory and field studies. Our interests of research lie on 1) the effectiveness of different instructional approaches for learning by focusing on the benefits and disadvantages of errors and failure, 2) challenges during collaborative learning and impacts of different means of adaptive collaboration support (computer-supported collaborative learning, CSCL) in higher education, 3) problem-solving and learning processes in hardware reverse engineering, and 4) the role of emotional and social factors for academic success and career of students and researchers. For more details on the different projects, see the links below:
Third-party funded projects
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Contact person: Valentina Nachtigall |
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Contact person: Charleen Brand |
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Internationales Forschungsnetzwerk "Selbstreguliertes Lernen in digitalisierten Schulen", welches untersucht welche Kompetenzen Schülerinnen und Schüler benötigen, um in digitalen Medien selbstreguliert zu lernen. International network aiming at grounding a common agenda for international, interdisciplinary educational research (SeReLiDiS: Self-Regulated Learning in Digitalized Schools) |
Project investigating theoretical and ethical issues arising in the context of new forms of social interaction between humans via social media and between humans and artificial intelligent systems. (INTERACT! : New forms of social Interaction with intelligent systems) | |
Contact-person: Carina Wiesen |
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Contact person: Sebastian Strauß |
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Analysis and promotion of learning pathways for the development of competences [Analyse und Förderung von Lernverläufen zur Entwicklung von Kompetenzen] (AFLEK). Contact person: Isabell Bohm |
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Contact person: Selina Yek |
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Contact person: Katharina Teich |
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Contact person: Charleen Brand |
Contact person: Marcel Schmittchen |
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Research Topic: Humans and Cryptography [in Research Hub D: Usability] Contact Person: Prof. Dr. Nikol Rummel |
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Contact person: Julia Eberle |
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Contact person: Julia Eberle |
Forschungskolleg SecHuman: Research Topic: Learning in it-security [Lernprozesse in der IT-Sicherheit] Contact Person: Markus Krause |