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Location & approach

By car

The most convenient highway exits are on the B 1/A 40 (Dortmund-Barop) (closer to the North Campus) and on the A45 (Dortmund-Eichlinghofen). The university is signposted at both exits. In the local road network you will find signs to Campus Nord, where the Campus Treff is also located. From Emil-Figge-Strasse, entrance no. 18 and from Vogelspothsweg entrance no. 23 lead to parking spaces near the venue.

By train

From Dortmund main station, take the S-Bahn "S1" in the direction of Solingen on track 7 to the stop "Dortmund-Universität" (price level A). The S-Bahn runs every 15 minutes during peak hours on weekdays and takes about 6 minutes. From Düsseldorf, the S-Bahn runs every 30 minutes. Directly at the S-Bahn station you will find the CDI building, which houses the Center for Research on Education and School Development.

The H-Bahn

One of the university's landmarks is the H-Bahn, which has two terminuses on the North Campus. One is located directly above the S-Bahn station and is easily accessible from it by elevators. The other is located in the center of Campus North at the bridge between the University Library and the Mensa, right next to the Audimax. The H-Bahn runs from here to the South Campus and the Eichlinghofen district.

By plane

Dortmund has an airport connected with some destinations in Central Europe. There are regular flights, for example, to Amsterdam, Berlin, Dresden, Katowice, Krakow, Leipzig-Halle, London, Munich, Nuremberg, Paris, Poznan, Stuttgart, Vienna and Zurich. For the approximately 20 kilometers from the Dortmund airport to the campus, you can take the bus to the main train station and from there the S-Bahn. Faster is usually the use of a cab. Far more international flight connections are offered by the Rhine-Ruhr Airport in Düsseldorf, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station.

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To overview

Location & approach

By car

The most convenient highway exits are on the B 1/A 40 (Dortmund-Barop) (closer to the North Campus) and on the A45 (Dortmund-Eichlinghofen). The university is signposted at both exits. In the local road network you will find signs to Campus Nord, where the Campus Treff is also located. From Emil-Figge-Strasse, entrance no. 18 and from Vogelspothsweg entrance no. 23 lead to parking spaces near the venue.

By train

From Dortmund main station, take the S-Bahn "S1" in the direction of Solingen on track 7 to the stop "Dortmund-Universität" (price level A). The S-Bahn runs every 15 minutes during peak hours on weekdays and takes about 6 minutes. From Düsseldorf, the S-Bahn runs every 30 minutes. Directly at the S-Bahn station you will find the CDI building, which houses the Center for Research on Education and School Development.

The H-Bahn

One of the university's landmarks is the H-Bahn, which has two terminuses on the North Campus. One is located directly above the S-Bahn station and is easily accessible from it by elevators. The other is located in the center of Campus North at the bridge between the University Library and the Mensa, right next to the Audimax. The H-Bahn runs from here to the South Campus and the Eichlinghofen district.

By plane

Dortmund has an airport connected with some destinations in Central Europe. There are regular flights, for example, to Amsterdam, Berlin, Dresden, Katowice, Krakow, Leipzig-Halle, London, Munich, Nuremberg, Paris, Poznan, Stuttgart, Vienna and Zurich. For the approximately 20 kilometers from the Dortmund airport to the campus, you can take the bus to the main train station and from there the S-Bahn. Faster is usually the use of a cab. Far more international flight connections are offered by the Rhine-Ruhr Airport in Düsseldorf, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station.

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Laura Becher

Main research topics

School effectiveness
Teaching quality
Primary school

Office hours

by appointment

Academic background

Since 2024: Doctorate at the Center for Research on Education and School Development (IFS), team McElvany
2022: M.A. Educational science, TU Dortmund
2019: B.A. Educational science, TU Dortmund

Professional background

Since 04/2024: Participation in project IGLU 2026
01/2023–03/2024: Participation in project IGLU 2021
08/2022–12/2022: Participation in the transferproject IGLU 2021
Since 08/2022: research assistant in team McElvany at the IFS

Vita

Further Information

Projects

Current Projects:

Progress In Reading Literacy Study (IGLU/PIRLS 2026), project duration: 01.04.2024 – 31.12.2028
Progress In Reading Literacy Study (IGLU/PIRLS 2021), project duration: 01.03.2019 – 31.03.2023

Past Projects:

PIRLS-Transfer, project duration: 01.08.2022 – 31.01.2023

Selected publications

Becher, L., Kleinkorres, R., Lorenz, R., Ludewig, U., Schaufelberger, R. & McElvany, N. (2024). Geschlechtervergleich. Kurzbericht auf Basis der repräsentativen Internationalen Grundschul-Lese-Untersuchung (IGLU). https://ifs.ep.tu-dortmund.de/storages/ifs-ep/r/Download_Praxisportal/Kurzbericht_TfE06_Geschlechtervergleich.pdf
Ludewig, U., Becher, L., Müller, A. & McElvany, N. (2024). IGLU 2021 Kompakt. Studienergebnisse, effektive Leseförderung und Umsetzung in die schulische Praxis. https://doi.org/10.31244/9783830998143

Selected lectures

Becher, L., Lorenz, R., Kleinkorres, R. & McElvany, N. (2024, September). Von der Schule in die Klassenzimmer?–Analysen zur Unterrichtsqualität anhand eines nationalen Panels. Vortrag auf der Tagung der Arbeitsgruppe für Empirische Pädagogische Forschung (AEPF), Potsdam.
Becher, L., Ludewig, U. & McElvany, N. (2023, September). IGLU-Transfer: Förderung evidenzbasierter Praxis an Schulen. Posterbeitrag bei der Tagung der Arbeitsgruppe für Empirische Pädagogische Forschung (AEPF), Potsdam.