BERLIN-study
Educational choices and educational pathways within the context of structural changes in Berlin’s secondary school system.For more information please click here
BIJU - Learning Processes, Educational Careers, and Psychosocial Development in Adolescence and Young Adulthood Study
The BIJU project assesses the development of adolescents and young adults placing a focus on the development of specific, particularly school-related contexts.For more information please click here
Teaching during the Corona Pandemic
The study aims to gain empirical insights into teaching during the Corona pandemic in Germany. In particular, the focus was on the general conditions and effects as well as the teachers' experience of the Corona crisis.For further information please click here.
Cultural diversity approaches
The project studies how schools can manage and accommodate cultural diversity. Specifically, we examine how diversity approaches focusing on equality, pluralism or assimilation affect majority and minority students’ outcomes in Germany and in Belgium and how the different approaches interact with other factors at student, teacher, classroom and school levels.For more information please click here
EkK Music
Aim of the project is the development and validation of a test to measure creative competence in the context of music in grades 5 and 6. This is connected with the question whether creative processes in the field of music can be described as competences.For more information please click here
EQuaL-I
The project addresses the question of how the competence development of students of an education program can be effectively supported by a digital tool for recording and promoting Classroom Management.For more information please click here
ETN OCCAM
The European Training Network OCCAM is an international research project that provides junior scientists with an international, intersectoral, and interdisciplinary research and training environment. The research questions encompass the fields of the integrity of educational measures, educational settings and processes, as well as governance of resources and decision making in the area of education.For more information please click here
Falke
The aim of the project is the development of an adaptive, computer-based testing process for the measurement of readings skills and competencies of elementary grade students. Of particular importance in the instrument design is test fairness across all student groups.For more information please click here
GeGa
A research project which is conducted by the Institute for Research on Education and School Development and the RAG Foundation in co-operation with the Ministry for Schools and Education of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. The project aims at supporting and promoting underprivileged students at schools in challenging circumstances in former mining areas by providing educational opportunities in the domains of language learning and self-regulation.For more information please click here
KEGS-E - Competence Development in Elementary Schools – Enhancement Study
The study ‘Competence Development in Elementary Schools’ (KEGS) tracked competence development of students in the state of Brandenburg across five years in primary school (grades 2 to 6). The primary focus of the enhancement study lies on the role of individual differences in the experiences and behaviour of the students regarding their academic achievements and decisions regarding their educational careers.For more information please click here
PIRLS-2021
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2021 (PIRLS/IGLU 2021) examines the reading competence of primary school pupils at the end of grade 4. Due to the layout of the study, the pupils’ competences can be compared to those from different countries and parts of the world. PIRLS 2021 provides important knowledge in the context of international and national education monitoring.For more information please click here
Lehrer-H
The study focuses on the attitudes and motivation of prospective teachers in terms of managing cultural, social, and performance heterogeneity in the classroom. Approaches are divided into cognitive, affective and behavioral components, and are understood as belonging to a teacher’s professional competence.For more information please click here
LL digital
The Project LL digital addresses the effects of digital media on the language competences of grade school students in learn and test situations.For more information please click here
Lesen 3-6 - Berlin Longitudinal Reading Study
Individual and social impact factors on the development of reading literacy, reading motivation and reading behaviour in the period from third to sixth form are analysed within the framework of a longitudinal study.For more information please click here
MILES-HuGS - Primary and Secondary Social Background Effects at Different Points of Transition in the Education System
The project examines social disparities in educational success.For more information please click here
NEPS
The National Education Panel Study analyzes educational processes in Germany. The IFS is responsible for the fourth phase (the transition from lower to upper secondary school) of NEPS.For more information please click here.
PeSs
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School integration of newly immigrated children: An environmental multilevel perspective
The aim of the project is to identify determinants of integration in school of refugee and newly immigrated children. The study focuses on children with experiences of displacement and on ethnic minorities from (South) Eastern Europe (e.g., Romani people) whose integration is a challenge for regions like the Ruhr area.For more information please click here
StEG
StEG is a nationwide research program investigating the quantitative and qualitative development of all-day education and care in Germany. At the Dortmund location, the effects of extra-curricular learning arrangements that promote reading comprehension are studied in all-day schools as part of an intervention study.For more information please click here
STiLe
The project investigates the effect of stereotypes on vocabulary acquisition of learners in different age groups.For more information please click here.
Teach SEG
Effective teacher education and assessment are key tasks for all modern societies. By using the digital revolution for teacher education and assessment, the innovative project proposed will significantly advance teacher training and help improve classroom instruction.For more information please click here.
Test-M-I - Test-theory based Continuing Development of the Studiport– Online Math Test – Project I
The Studiport-Math test aims to assess incoming university students’ mathematical competences. Test-M will provide a test-theory based analysis for the Studiport-Math assessment test, which will allow for further development and evaluation of the test.For more information please click here.
TRAIN - Tradition and Innovation: Developmental processes at non-academic track secondary schools in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Saxony
“Tradition and Innovation: Developmental processes at non-academic track secondary schools in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Saxony” (TRAIN) is a study that focuses on the academic development of students in secondary schools in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Saxony.For more information please click here.
Quality of All-day
The project “Quality of All-day Provisions” opens up new perspectives after 15 years of research on All-day Schools. Further analyses of empirical data, literature reviews and knowledge transfer from research to practice will contribute to the development of the quality of all-day schools.For further information please click here.