Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology

Katrin Kunz

Katrin Kunz is a research scientist and PhD candidate at the Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology. She is part of the scientific support for the Hector Core Courses at the Hector Children’s Academy Programme and is involved in the development and evaluation of the Informatics curriculum.

Her research interests focus on computational thinking, mental models of programming concepts, and computing education at the primary school level. She is part of LEAD, as its interdisciplinary character offers her the opportunity to collaborate with other researchers and actors in the field of education.

Publications

  • Tsarava, K.*, Kunz, K.*, Trautwein, U. (2024). Das Informatikcurriculum der Hector Kinderakademien. Informatische Bildung in Schulen, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.18420/ibis-02-02-06
    * Shared first authorship 

  • Nutz, M., Kunz, K., & Tsarava, K. (2024). Development and Empirical Assessment of an Intervention on the Internet's Structure and Functioning for Third and Fourth Graders. 2024 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON60312.2024.10578725

  • Kunz, K., Moeller, K., Ninaus, M., Trautwein, U., & Tsarava, K. (2023). Making the Transition to Text-Based Programming: The Pilot Evaluation of a Computational Thinking Intervention for Primary School Students. Proceedings of the 18th WiPSCE Conference on Primary and Secondary Computing Education Research, 104-109. https://doi.org/10.1145/3605468.3609770

Conference contributions

  • Kunz, K. (2024). Enrichment-Angebote auf wissenschaftlicher Grundlage: Die Hector Core Courses. Frankfurter Forum 2024. [Talk]

  • Kunz, K. (2023). Developing, Validating, and Implementing a Mental Model Test for Primary School Students. Proceedings of the 23rd Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research. https://doi.org/10.1145/3631802.3631835 [Doctoral Consortium] 

  • Tsarava, K., Kunz, K., Wacker, J., Wagner, W., Golle, J., Trautwein, U. (2023). Hector Informatics Curriculum: Lass' uns programmieren!. Digital Education Day 2023 – TüCeDE. [Poster]

  • Kunz, K., Röhl, S. (2023). Reflexion von Schülerfeedback durch Lehrpersonen. Zehnte Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF). [Symposium]

Curriculum Vitae

Since 08/2022
Research scientist and PhD candidate

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

08/2020 - 09/2022
Master’s studies secondary-school education mathematics/computer science (M.Ed.)

University of Tübingen

04/2021 - 09/2022
Research assistant

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

04/2021 - 12/2021
Research Assistant at the Institute of Education

University of Tübingen

09/2020 - 12/2020
Internship

Michael-Grzimek-Schule Nairobi, Kenia

10/2017 - 09/2020
Bachelor’s studies secondary-school education mathematics/computer science (B.Ed.)

University of Tübingen

09/2016 - 01/2020
Research assistant at the Wilhelm-Schickard-Institute

University of Tübingen

09/2018 - 07/2019
Research assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems

MPI Tübingen

10/2014 - 09/2017
Bachelor’s studies Cognitive Science (B.Sc.)

University of Tübingen

09/2015 - 12/2016
Research assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics

MPI Tübingen

08/2012 - 06/2014
Dual Bachelor’s studies Mechatronics (ASE)

DHBW Stuttgart / Daimler AG

01/2014 - 04/2014
Internship

Daimler AG Burnaby, Kanada