News at the IFS

When performance does not play the decisive role – Socio-economic status of the family and the class attended influence Gymnasium recommendation.

Professor Gary Pollock gave a lecture on "Measuring Child Wellbeing in a Longitudinal Comparative International Survey".

"Does instructional time at school influence study time at university? Evidence from an instructional time reform" by J. Schwerter has been published.

We congratulate Dr Annika Ohle-Peters on the successful completion of her habilitation.

Dr. Heppt has accepted the professorship for "Empirical Educational Research in Primary and Secondary Education" and will start at the IFS in July.

Carina Schreiber, Marion Peitz and Dr. Nadine Sonnenburg presented the ERASMUS+ project as part of the Global Gallery.

Pascal Alscher successfully completes his doctorate on civic literacy in adolescence.

On May 16, Professor Frederick de Moll gave a lecture on "Non-cognitive dispositions in childhood and adolescence".

Primary school children with a non-German family language show clear reading literacy deficits, but often receive no support.

International study on reading literacy in fourth grade has started – 60 participating countries in the IGLU/PIRLS 2026 large scale assessment.

Article "Voluntary E-Learning Exercises Support Students in Mastering Statistics" von Jakob Schwerter and Taiga Brahm published in journal

On May 2, Professor Meng-Jung Tsai presented "Using Robotics STEAM Curricula to Enhance Students’ 21st Century Competencies" at the IFS lecture series