Hector-Institut für Empirische Bildungsforschung

Dr. Jakob Schwerter

Ich arbeite mit groß angelegten Daten, Experimenten und fortgeschrittenen quantitativen Methoden, um zu verstehen, wie Bildungsentscheidungen und digitale Lernumgebungen Schüler:innen besser unterstützen und Bildungsungleichheiten reduzieren können.

Jakob Schwerter ist Postdoktorand am Hector-Institut für Empirische Bildungsforschung und Mitglied des Startchancen-Teams des Hector-Instituts. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Educational Effectiveness (u.a. Policy Analysis, Educational Trajectories, Gender Differences), Selbstreguliertes Lernen (mit einem Fokus auf Retrieval Practice) und Learning Analytics (enschließlich Educational Data Science). Dabei arbeitet er mit eigenen Datenerhebungen und Sekundärdaten von Lernenden in Primar-, Sekundar- und Hochschulen. Im Zentrum seiner Forschung steht die Frage, wie Lernende unterstützt werden können.

Vor seiner Tätigkeit am Hector-Institut arbeitete Jakob Schwerter als Postdoc an der Technischen Universität Dortmund (2020-2025), insbesondere im Profilschwerpunkt FAIR als Schnittstelle zwischen Bildungsforschung und Statistik. Zuvor war er Doktorand am Lehrstuhl für Statistik, Ökonometrie und Quantitative Methoden der Universität Tübingen und promovierte in Volkswirtschaftslehre (2016-2020).

Adresse

Universität Tübingen
Hector-Institut für Empirische Bildungsforschung
Europastraße 6, 72072 Tübingen, Raum 206

Kontakt

07071/29-74385
jakob.schwerterspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

 

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Publikationen

Publikationen

  • Schwerter, J., Lauermann, F., Brahm, T., & Murayama, K. (2025). Differential use and effectiveness of practice testing: Who benefits and who engages? Learning and Individual Differences, 123(102761), 1–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102761
  • Schwerter, J., Lauermann, F., Doebler, P., & Fokkema, M. (2025). Putting the pieces of the puzzle together in modeling gendered educational choices. International Journal of STEM Education, 12(38). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-025-00558-y
  • von Keyserlingk, L., Schwerter, J., Kunina-Habenicht, O., & Lauermann, F. (2025). Motivation and self-regulated learning as predictors of learning resource use in learning management systems in higher education. Educational Psychology, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2025.2564891
  • Föge, N., Schwerter, J., Gurtskaia, K., Pauly, M., & Doebler, P. (2025). Adapting tree-based multiple imputation methods for multi-level data? A simulation study (No. arXiv:2401.14161). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2401.14161
  • Schwerter, J., Netz, N., & Hübner, N. (2024). Does instructional time at school influence study time at university? Evidence from an instructional time reform. Economics of Education Review, 100(102526). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2024.102526
  • Schwerter, J., Stang-Rabrig, J., Kleinkorres, R., Bleher, J., Doebler, P., & McElvany, N. (2024). Importance of students’ social resource factors for academic achievement and well-being in elementary school. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 39, 4515–4552. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-024-00877-8
  • Schwerter, J., & Brahm, T. (2024). Voluntary E-Learning Exercises Support Students in Mastering Statistics. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 1–38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-023-09714-1
  • Holz, H., Ninaus, M., Schwerter, J., Parrisius, C., Beuttler, B., Brandelik, K., & Meurers, D. (2023). A Digital Game-Based Training Improves Spelling in German Primary School Children - A Randomized Controlled Field Trial. Learning and Instruction, 87(101771). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2023.101771
  • Schwerter, J., & Ilg, L. (2023). Gender differences in the labour market entry of STEM graduates. European Journal of Higher Education, 13(3), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/21568235.2021.2010226
  • Ludewig, U., Schwerter, J., & McElvany, N. (2023). The Features of Plausible but Incorrect Options: Distractor Plausibility in Synonym-Based Vocabulary Tests. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 41(7), 711–731. https://doi.org/10.1177/07342829231167892
  • Stang-Rabrig, J., Schwerter, J., Witmer, M., & McElvany, N. (2022). Beneficial and negative factors for the development of students’ well-being in educational context. Current Psychology, 0123456789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-04067-x
  • Biewen, M., & Schwerter, J. (2022). Does more maths and natural sciences in high school increase the share of female STEM workers? Evidence from a curriculum reform. Applied Economics, 54(16), 1889–1911. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2021.1983139
  • Schwerter, J., Wortha, F., & Gerjets, P. (2022). E-Learning with multiple-try-feedback: Can hints foster students’ achievement during the semester? Educational Technology Research and Development, 70, 713–736. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-022-10105-z
  • Schwerter, J., Dimpfl, T., Bleher, J., & Murayama, K. (2022). Benefits of additional online practice opportunities in higher education. Internet and Higher Education, 53, 100834. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2021.100834
  • Goldberg, P., Schwerter, J., Seidel, T., Müller, K., & Stürmer, K. (2021). How does learners’ behavior attract preservice teachers’ attention during teaching? Teaching and Teacher Education, 97, 103213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2020.103213
  • Dawidowsky, K., Holz, H., Schwerter, J., Pieronczyk, I., & Meurers, D. (2021). Development and Evaluation of a Tablet-Based Reading Fluency Test for Primary School Children. Proceedings of MobileHCI 2021 - ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction: Mobile Apart, MobileTogether. https://doi.org/10.1145/3447526.3472033
  • Hackenberger, A., Rümmele, M., Schwerter, J., & Sturm, M. (2021). Elections and unemployment benefits for families: Did the Family Benefit Dispute affect election outcomes in Germany? European Journal of Political Economy, 66, 101955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101955

Curriculum Vitae

Since 03/2025
Post-Doc Researcher

Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen

03/2022 - 02/2025
Post-Doc Researcher

Statistical Methods in Social Sciences, 
Faculty of Statistics, TU Dortmund University

12/2020
PhD (Dr. rer. pol.) in Economics

Title: "Econometric Analysis of the Effects of Educational Decisions on Labor Market Outcomes and the Influence of Self-Testing on Learning Outcomes'', 
at University of Tübingen, Chair of Statistics, Econometrics and Quantitative Methods, Germany.

11/2020 - 02/2025
Post-Doc Researcher

Center for Research on Education and School Development (IFS), 
TU Dortmund University

10/2016 - 10/2020
Research Associate

Chair of Econometrics and Quantitative Methods, 
University of Tübingen