News at the IFS
Nurit Viesel-Nordmeyer: Successful disputation
The IFS congratulates Nurit Viesel-Nordmeyer on successfully passing the disputation! In her doctorate in educational science, she worked as a…

Out now: Latest issue of the Journal for Educational Research Online
The newly published edition of the Journal for Educational Research Online (jero) deals with the main topic "Educational processes, educational…

Congratulations: Nele McElvany elected as prorector research!
On Friday, July 3, 2020, the Elective Assembly of TU Dortmund University elected Prof. Nele McElvany as prorector research. As of September 1, 2020,…

New project has started: School integration of newly immigrated children
Since 1 May 2020, a new project has started at the IFS: School integration of newly immigrated children: An environmental multilevel perspective. The…

Teaching during the coronavirus pandemic: nationwide survey for teachers
The IFS starts a nationwide survey for teachers dealing with teaching during the coronavirus pandemic. How do teachers deal with it? How do teaching…

Practical findings concerning educated and everyday vocabulary
Educated and everyday vocabulary are needed in many situations; thus, school helps to improve and to develop the knowledge. Education should therefore…

NEPS meeting
Two important days for the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) in Germany: The scientific heads of the educational stages in the life course,…

Professor Michael Becker starts at the IFS
The IFS welcomes Michael Becker! With the beginning of March, he has taken up one of the professorships at the IFS. His research group “Empirical…

Start of the second survey stage in the project Stereotype Threat
The project Stereotype Threat starts its second survey stage. The project examines the effect of stereotypes on vocabulary acquisition of learners in…

Robotic groups in schools stimulate interest in STEM
Together with the Center for Higher Education (zhb), the IFS conducted a research concerning the benefits of robotic groups in schools. The study…

LL digital project has started
Since November 2019, Ramona Lorenz and her team engage in the project Learning and Assessment in the Digital Age (short: LL Digital). They study if…

Turkish schools in Germany: Nele McElvany talks to Deutsche Welle
Erdogan’s plan to open three Turkish schools in Germany sparked a debate over the schools' role in increasing Turkish President Erdogan's political…
