Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology

Dr. Verena Witte

Verena Witte is a research associate at the Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology. As part of the scientific support of the Hector Children’s Academies Program, she is responsible for coordinating and developing the Hector Core Courses. These courses provide particularly gifted and highly talented primary school children with a statewide extracurricular educational program in the STEM fields.

Address

University of Tübingen
Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology
Walter-Simon-Straße 12
72072 Tübingen
Room 5

Contact

verena.wittespam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de




 

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Publications

Publications

  • Witte, V., Schwering, A., & Frischemeier, D. (2025). Enhancing data literacy through (virtual) reality: A pedagogical intervention research on the sub-skill ‘data collection’. Statistics Education Research Journal, 24 (2). https://doi.org/10.52041/serj.v24i2.861
  • Sandler, J.P., Anđić, B., Nieboer, M., Corazzini, L., Cosmovici Idsøe, E.; Troelsgard Jensen, N., McGeever, J., Cretu, C., Witte, V., Wolfensberger, M., Vandamme, A. M. (2025). STEAM-TRAIL map: A roadmap for european higher education institutes to implement transdisciplinary innovation labs. Journal of the European Honors Council, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.31378/jehc.215
  • Witte, V., & Schwering, A. (2025). Data literacy in the era of big data: Evaluating the impact of a transdisciplinary project week on students' self-efficacy. International Journal of Learning and Teaching, 11(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.18178/ijlt.11.3.143-148
  • Witte, V., Schwering, A., & Frischemeier, D. (2024). Strengthening data literacy in K-12 education: A scoping review. Education Sciences, 15(1), 25. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15010025
  • Bartoschek T., Witte V., Thieme-Garmann, E., Weigend, D., & Mukhametov, S. (2024). Citizen science on bikes in museums and schools: being part of mobility change research with the senseBox:bike. In K. Vohland, D. Dörler, F. Heigl, M. Aristei- dou, E. Butkevičienė, C. Göbel, M. Haklay, O. Höhener, B. Kieslinger, A. Klimczuk, G. Kragh, M. Müller, F. Ostermann, J. Piera, B. Prūse, G. Remmers, S. Schade, S. Tönsmann, J. Trojan, Kathryn Willis (Hrsg.), Change – The transforma- tive power of citizen science. (S. 135-140). Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag / Eigenver lag. https://doi.org/10.3897/ap.e126852
  • Özkaya, I. T., Witte, V., Bartoscheck, T. & Pesch, M. (2024). Die senseBox Instruction Placemat zur Förderung einer lernendenzentrierten Vermittlung von Physical Computing. Informatische Bildung in Schulen, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.18420/ibis-0201-05
  • Witte, V., Schwering, A. Bartoschek, T., & Pesch, M. (2023). Zukunftsweisender MINT- Unterricht mit dem senseBox-Ökosystem. Die Plattform für partizipative Data Science mit Physical Computing. MNU-Journal, 76(4).

Curriculum Vitae

Since 11/2026
Research Associate

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

10/2025
Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.)

Topic: Data Literacy in Times of Big Data and STEAM: A Look at the Interaction of the Sub-Skills ‘Data Collection’ and ‘Data Analysis’ within the Framework of Transdisciplinary Education.

11/2022 - 10/2025
Research Associate & Doctoral Candidate

Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Münster

11/2021 - 10/2025
Head of Education

Reedu GmbH & Co. KG

10/2019 - 10/2021
M.Ed. Mathematics & Geography (Secondary Education)

University of Münster

10/2016 - 09/2019
B.Sc. Mathematics & Geography

University of Münster