News at the IFS
Latest issue of the Journal for Educational Research Online (Vol. 11, No. 2) has been published
The latest issue of the Journal for Educational Research Online (JERO) has been published recently. The articles include for example adaptive teaching…

IFS at the EARLI 2019 in Aachen, Germany
From August 12 to 16, renowned scientists from all over the world will meet in Aachen for the 18th time for the conference of the European Association…

IFS at 26th annual SSSR meeting in Toronto
The IFS took part in the 26th annual SSSR meeting with a talk about the importance of reading motivation and self-concept for the gender gap in…

5. Dortmund Symposium: discussion on systemic and individual factors contributing to educational (in)equity
To the five-year anniversary of Dortmund Symposium on Empirical Educational Research, leading researchers in Europe discussed which individual and…

Current volumes of the IFS event book series published
The current volumes of the book series "Dortmunder Symposium der Empirischen Bildungsforschung" and "IFS-Bildungsdialoge" have been published by…

Kelly Howe, Ph.D., guest at the IFS
We are delighted to welcome Kelly Howe as a visiting scholar at the IFS this week. Kelly Howe is Associate Professor of Theatre at Loyola University…

IFS discusses the topic of reading literacy in Wuppertal
The recent Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) shows that almost 20 percent of pupils in grade four in Germany are not able to…

Report of the Aktionsrat Bildung – IFS sees a need for action
Today, the Aktionsrat Bildung presented its report on the topic of „Region and education. Myth urban-rural areas” which analyzes differences between…

Hotspots of German learning research - IFS on Deutschlandfunk
In the Deutschlandfunk series "Hotspots of German learning research", the IFS introduces itself and presents an excerpt from its research work.…

LEO study published – IFS points out relevance of reading promotion
Results of the Level-One Study (LEO, Hamburg University) show that a large amount of adults in Germany has only poor reading and writing skills. In…

Norbert Sendzik successfully defends dissertation
Norbert Sendzik, former research fellow in the working group of Professor Bos, successfully defended his doctoral thesis in the field of educational…

Introducing Project COLD
Since April 2019, team Lauermann is cooperation partner in the joint project “Competencies of school teachers and adult educators in teaching German…
