Promotion
Project VERA (2004 - 2009)
Mandatory Performance Tests in German Primary Schools (Project VERA; Prof. Dr. I. Hosenfeld & Prof. Dr. A. Helmke), fouded by participating federal states
- Conception, analysis and further development of annually conducted survey study on reflection and use of data-feedback from Mandatory Performance Tests in Primary Schools (topic of doctoral thesis)
- Conception, analysis and further development of the annually conducted, sample-based standardization studies, or respectively, the nation-wide Mandatory Performance Tests in Primary Schools
- Scientific support of test development in the subject German, a.o. item development in collaboration with seconded practicing teachers and ministerial representatives, pilot testing and standardization of test items, development and description of proficiency levels
- Studies about the use and usability of the online portal for the administration and implementation of the annual mandatory performance tests
Project URN (2006 - 2009)
Study of reception and use processes within the context of Mandatory Performance Tests in Primary Education (Prof. Dr. I. Hosenfeld), funded by the research program „Wissen schafft Zukunft“ (Knowledge creates Future) by the federal state Rhineland-Palatinate
Post-doc phase
Project PU (2011 - 2014)
Project The Meaning of (dis)similarity of phenomena for the development conceptual understanding (Prof. Dr. K. Lohrmann & Prof. Dr. A. Hartinger), founded by the German Research Foundation
Project LeScEd (2012 - 2015)
funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, as part of the research program Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education
Subproject 1: The ability to understand and use research information as a facet of Educational Research Literacy (Prof. Dr. M. Wirtz)
Subproject 5: Integration and methodological optimization, analysis of cross-subproject questions, coordination (Prof. Dr. M. Wirtz)
ProfiL (2014 - 2017)
Graduate school Professionalization of the Teaching Profession. Concepts and models under scrutiny (ProfiL), funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and Art of the German federal state Baden-Württemberg
Subproject 3: Development of subject-specific diagnostic competence of mathematics teachers based on data from performance test. Evaluation of training programs in the context of the Baden-Württemberg Central Entrance Diagnosis in fifth grade (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. T. Leuders, and Dr. A. Schulz)
2019 - 2021
Evaluation of the competency development of teachers, principals and students during a workshop for data-based school development (in preparation), funded by the Deutsche Schulakademie