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News at the IFS

05/14/2025

Aktionsrat Bildung report: Commitment at the centre

Professor McElvany explains the need for reform in the primary school sector to improve educational performance.
05/14/2025

Katharina Molitor successfully defends her dissertation

Katharina Molitor successfully completes her doctorate in educational science.
Nele McElvany und Katharina Molitor nach erfolgreicher Disputation vor dem Bildschirm
05/13/2025

PD Dr. Annika Ohle-Peters Member of the Editorial Board of the IJSE

PD Dr. Annika Ohle-Peters was elected to the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Science Education.
PD Dr. Annika Ohle-Peters neben dem Journalcover des International Journal of Science Education
05/12/2025

New research project: Promoting motivation in politics lessons

The MIiCE project aims to develop and evaluate a brief intervention to promote motivation in politics lessons.
Jugendliche im Klassenraum im Gespräch mit dem MIiCE-Logo
05/12/2025

IFS-Lecture series with Professor Julia Dietrich

Professor Julia Dietrich spoke at the IFS-Lecture series on the topic of “Motivation and emotion in learning”.
Prof. Dr. Julia Dietrich und Dr. Alexander Naumann vor der bunten Präsentationsfolie
05/07/2025

Talk on the GRID model: Recognising and dealing with learning problems

André Meisner and Dr. Edeltraud Hammes-Schmitz were guests at the IFS on 6 May and gave a practice-based talk on the GRID model.
André Meisner und Dr. Edeltraud Hammes-Schmitz vor der Präsentationsfolie
04/29/2025

IFS at the AERA: Civic engagement and academic motivation

The IFS presented current research on civic engagement and academic motivation at the AERA Conference 2025 in Denver.
Gruppenfoto der teilnehmenden Wissenschaftler*innen des IFS bei der AERA 2025
04/29/2025

Professor Richard Göllner as guest at IFS-Lecture series

“Immersive VR simulations” were the focus of Professor Richard Göllner's presentation at the IFS-Lecture series.
Prof. Dr. Richard Göllner und Dr. Alexander Naumann vor der Präsentation
04/23/2025

World Book Day 2025 – IFS campaigns for the promotion of reading

The UNESCO World Book Day will be celebrated on April 23, 2025, and the IFS is committed to promoting reading.
Mehrere Kinder halten Bücher vor bunten Hintergründen
04/22/2025

Successful start of the IFS-Lecture series with Dr. Alexander Naumann

IFS-Lecture series successfully started with a lecture by Dr. Alexander Naumann on the topic of “Quality of tests in empirical teaching research”.
Dr. Alexander Naumann lächelt vor seiner Präsentation zum Betrachenden
04/15/2025

Start of the IFS lecture series in summer semester 2025

IFS lecture series on ‘Conceptual and Methodological Advances in Research on Teaching and Learning’ starts.
Titel der Ringvorlesung über einem Veranstaltungsfoto eines Vortragenden
04/15/2025

Field test for PIRLS 2026 completed

With the completion of the PIRLS 2026 field test, the first major milestone of the sixth PIRLS cycle has been reached.
Grundschulkinder arbeiten in ihrem Klassenraum an Laptops