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Current Research Focused Areas

Learning

  • learning and achievement motivation
  • motivation regulation
    • goal orientations
  • self-regulated learning
    • learning strategies
  • self-concepts of ability
  • self-esteem (level, stability, and contingency)
  • relationship between basic psychological needs and well-being 
  • self-related emotions (shame and pride) in the learning context 

Teaching and Instruction

  • school inclusion
    • motivational and affective experiences of children and adolescents with learning and behavioral disorders
  • teacher education
    • stress factors in the teaching profession
    • self-regulation in the teaching profession and during teacher education
    • teachers' attitudes and self-efficacy expectations 

Digitalization

  • learning and teaching with digital media 
  • evaluations of digitally supported teaching and learning scenarios (e.g., university courses)
  • evaluation tools (questionnaires) for assessing the success of implementing Digital Teaching and Learning Offers (including the interplay of supportive conditions, didactic concepts, attitudes of teachers and students, formats, tools, etc.) and the processes and outcomes of these digital teaching and learning offers
  • digital learning and teaching processes in schools and universities 

Out-Of-School Educational and Instructional Processes

  • parental behavior
    • parental conditional regard 

Achievement Disorders, Behavioral Disorders, and Prevention or Intervention Approaches 

  • specific learning disabilities and disorders
    • prevention, interventions, and training for reading, spelling, and math disabilities