Learning in Kindergarden and Preschool - A Case of Ignorance and Forgotten Results

Abstract. The actual governmental school policy in Germany centres on schooling the five year olds and on academic learning with preschool children from three to five. In ...

The Validity of School Grades for Academic Achievement - A Meta-Analysis

Abstract. Although school grades are often criticized and universities in Germany are now allowed to use other criteria of selection, high school grades are still used most often to ...

Epistemological Beliefs as Coherent Lay Theories

Abstract. In Educational Psychology, epistemological beliefs are usually conceptualized as independent dimensions. On the contrary, we understand beliefs about the certainty of knowledge in the natural and ...

Reading Comprehension, Language in the Family and During Leisure Time: Results from the Hannover Primary School Study

Abstract. This study aims at eliciting conditions of reading literacy (reading comprehension) in primary school age, based on both ...

Enhancing Sixth Graders' Skills in Revising Narrative Material: Effects of Strategy Instruction and Self-regulation Procedures

Abstract. In a sample of 42 sixth graders, we examined the effectiveness of a story-writing training in which we combined ...

Preventing Reading and Spelling Difficulties in a Population of Immigrant Children by a Training of Phonological Awareness

Abstract. In this longitudinal study, children with German as their native language and a sample of immigrant children participated ...

Spelling Development from Early Elementary School Age to Early Adulthood

Abstract. Findings from the Munich Longitudinal Study of the Genesis of Individual Competencies (LOGIC) are presented that describe spelling development from late childhood to early ...