LEAD Graduate School & Research Network

David Bräuning, M.Sc.

My PhD project focuses on mathematical-numerical competencies – an area that is closely related to educational contexts and very important in our society. I am interested in the structure of early mathematical-numerical skills of children before school entry and the development of these skills throughout primary school. Thereby, I aim to investigate typical as well as atypical developments by evaluating the long-term effects of early deficits in specific mathematical-numerical skills on later mathematical and educational achievement. For my research, I am using longitudinal data from large scale assessments that cover a broad range of cognitive and ability measures from kindergarten up to secondary school.

Since this project combines theoretical and practical ideas from cognitive developmental psychology with educational psychology, it fits well into the interdisciplinary profile of LEAD. While the structured program offers me the opportunity to broaden my methodological skills, I appreciate the exchange with peers and other researchers from different fields.

Supervisors

Publications

  • Jung, S., Meinhardt, A., Braeuning, D., Roesch, S., Cornu, V., Pazouki, T., Schiltz, C., Lonnemann, J., & Moeller, K. (2020). Hierarchical Development of Early Visual-Spatial Abilities – A Taxonomy Based Assessment Using the MaGrid App. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00871

Conference contributions

  • Braeuning, D., Lambert, K., Hirsch, S., & Moeller, K. (2017, Nov 29-Dec 1). Diskriminante Validität basisnumerischer Kompetenzen zur Vorhersage späterer mathematischer Fähigkeiten [Poster presentation]. IDeA Winter School, Rodgau, Germany. 
  • Braeuning, D., Hornung, C., Hoffmann, D., Lambert, K., Ugen, S., Fischbach, A., Schiltz, C., Huebner, N., Nagengast, B., & Moeller, K. (2018, September 12-14). Differential association of symbolic and non-symbolic numerical abilities in children with and without MLD – Evidence from large-scale assessment data [Poster presentation]. European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Special Interest Group (SIG) 15: Special Educational Needs Conference, Potsdam, Germany.
  • Braeuning, D., Hornung, C., Hoffmann, D., Lambert, K., Ugen, S., Fischbach, A., Schiltz, C., Huebner, N., Nagengast, B., & Moeller, K. (2018, September 26-28). Differential association of symbolic and non-symbolic numerical abilities in children with and without MLD – Evidence from large-scale assessment data [Poster presentation]. Workshop on Integrating Educational and Cognitive Perspectives on Mathematics, Tübingen, Germany.
  • Braeuning, D., Lambert, K., Hirsch, S., Schils, T., Borghans, L., Nagengast, B., & Moeller, K. (2019, February 25-27). Diagnose von Rechenschwäche bei Grundschulkindern - Evaluation gängiger Kriterien und Vorgehensweisen [Talk]. 7. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Köln, Germany. 
  • Braeuning, D., Lambert, K., Hirsch, S., Schils, T., Borghans, L., Nagengast, B., & Moeller, K. (2020, March 25-27). Evaluation gängiger Diagnosekriterien für Rechenschwäche im Grundschulalter [Talk]. 8. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Potsdam, Germany. (Conference cancelled)
  • Braeuning, D., Lambert, K., Hirsch, S., Schils, T., Borghans, L., Nagengast, B., & Moeller, K. (2020, August 10-12). Evaluation of different criteria for diagnosing math learning disabilities [Talk]. European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Special Interest Group (SIG) 15: Special Educational Needs Conference, London, UK.

Award

  • Braeuning, D., Hornung, C., Hoffmann, D., Lambert, K., Ugen, S., Fischbach, A., Schiltz, C., Huebner, N., Nagengast, B., & Moeller, K. “Differential association of symbolic and non-symbolic numerical abilities in children with and without MLD – Evidence from large-scale assessment data”. Best Poster Price, European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Special Interest Group (SIG) 15: Special Educational Needs Conference 2018, September 12-14, Potsdam, Germany.

Curriculum Vitae

Since 10/2017
Associated member of the LEAD Graduate School & Research Network

University of Tübingen

10/2015-09/2017
M.Sc. Psychology

University of Tübingen

07/2015-09/2017
Student Research Assistant

Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (Neuro-cognitive plasticity lab)

10/2014-03/2015
Internship

Psychologische Beratungsstelle Esslingen (psychological counseling)

02/2014-09/2014
Student Research Assistant

Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (Knowledge-construction lab)

10/2011-09/2015
B.Sc. Psychology

University of Tübingen