News at the IFS

03/09/2026

Professor Nele McElvany joins podcast “Wiarda wundert sich”

In the podcast, education journalist Jan-Martin Wiarda talks to Professor Nele McElvany about PIRLS, language training, and civic education.

03/04/2026

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03/03/2026

New PIRLS analysis on academic track recommendation

Academic track recommendation: Socioeconomic background (still!) plays a role

03/02/2026

New article published in Social Psychology of Education

The article deals with the development of school enjoyment and its influence on academic achievement, focusing on gender differences.

02/27/2026

Empirical educational research to go!

Students of educational science discuss current educational studies in the podcast “Pausenhof” (Schoolyard).

02/25/2026

Kick-Off Meeting of the CCE Cluster of Excellence with IFS Participation

As part of the CCE Cluster of Excellence, IFS is conducting an intervention study to investigate how young people can be attracted to STEM.

02/24/2026

Language and Reading Skills: Nele McElvany on WDR 3 Forum

Nele McElvany, Steffen Gailberger, and Heike Schmoll discuss on WDR 3 Forum: How can children's language and reading skills be strengthened in the…

02/21/2026

Linguistic diversity in the classroom

On International Mother Language Day, we take a look inside classrooms: how diverse are the languages that children speak at home?

02/11/2026

FOCUS research project successfully completed

The FOCUS research project investigating the multifaceted effects of stereotype threat has been successfully completed.

02/05/2026

Study on Teacher Well-Being and AI usage launched: Take part now!

Start of the online survey in the WO|GEN project on well-being, resources, challenges, and AI use among teachers

01/30/2026

Successful VKS on “Well-being in the Educational Context”

International experts presented recent research on the topic of “Well-being in the Educational Context” at the 6th VKS.

01/29/2026

beVinuS.nrw: Findings on the use of digital mathematics learning resources

beVinuS.nrw, piloting a virtual zero semester at TU Dortmund University and evaluated by the IFS, has concluded.