Workshop in the winter semester 2024/25
Dennys Gahrmann, M.Ed.
Lecturer: Dennys Gahrmann
Topic: Application-oriented introduction to statistical analysis (with JASP)
Date/Time: Thu 20.03.2025, 08:00 - approx. 09:30 a.m.
Abstract:
The workshop provides basic knowledge for carrying out quantitative data analyses with the open source software JASP. Using practical examples, central methods of frequentist statistics such as correlations, regressions, t-tests and ANOVA will be explained. A final look at Bayesian statistics offers an outlook on further analytical approaches.
At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to carry out statistical analyses with JASP, interpret the results and report them appropriately.
Participants are asked to bring a laptop with the latest version of JASP, which is available free of charge at jasp-stats.org. Basic statistical knowledge is recommended but not necessary. No programming skills are required.
Participants will then have the opportunity to discuss specific questions from their own projects with the aim of developing solutions together.
Location: Building 52/54 Room 354
Announcement: Here
Lecture in the summer semester 2024
Prof.'in Dr.'in Susanne Heinicke
Lecturer: Prof.'in Dr.'in Susanne Heinicke and Dr.'in Larissa Fühner
Topic: The eye learns too - why visualizations and creative approaches are so important for learning and how we bring them to life in STEM lessons
Date/Time: Mon 23.09.2024, 17:15 - 18:15 hrs
Abstract:
In science education, we are dealing with a variety of abstract concepts. Therefore, it is also firmly anchored in the culture of these disciplines to make their content more accessible to understanding and thinking by means of images. Studies show that visualization and drawing can have a very beneficial effect on learning. With the targeted use and creation of visualizations as an aid to understanding and a means of expression, we can also support the sustainability of learning, relieve the cognitive load on learners, regulate the nervous system and also provide further access for those who otherwise show little interest in and identification with scientific topics. But as is so often the case, the question is: How do you do this and what should you pay attention to? The lecture uses research findings, theoretical models and examples from school practice to encourage discussion and exchange.
Location: Lecture hall 52/204
Announcement: Here
Lectures in the winter semester 2023/24
Prof. Dr. Amitabh Banerji
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Amitabh Banerji
Topic: Curricular innovation research using the example of organic electronics - from the research laboratory to the classroom
Date/Time: Thu 05.10.2023, 17:15 - 18:15 h
Abstract:
Curricular innovation research is dedicated to the task of opening up highly topical research topics and future technologies for teaching at schools and universities in terms of subject didactics. The development of suitable student experiments is of particular importance here.
Organic electronics deals with components based on semiconducting or conductive materials consisting of organic molecules. OLEDs (organic light-emitting diodes) are innovative and highly efficient light sources that are already used in the displays of modern smartphones and TV sets. Due to the material properties of the molecules used, the electronic components can be produced flexibly and even by printing in the future. The counterpart to OLEDs is OPV (organic photovoltaics). OPV cells use organic semiconductors to efficiently convert light into electrical energy and offer advantages such as low manufacturing costs, low weight and a better environmental footprint. Organic solar cells can even be made transparent and thus installed in glass facades. An extremely motivating and realistic topic for pupils. Using the example of organic electronics, the lecture will show the path from the "research laboratory to the classroom". The theoretical principles of LEDs and solar cells in relation to organic semiconductors will be explained and the special features of the polymers used will be discussed. In a live experiment, the construction of a low-cost OLED and OPV designed for teaching in schools, universities or student laboratories will also be demonstrated. A suitable experiment kit will be presented containing all the elements needed to build OLED and OPV cells.
Location: Lecture hall 52/206
Announcement: Here
Registration is requested: here
Junior Professor Dr. Johann-Nikolaus Seibert
Lecturer: Junior Professor Dr. Johann-Nikolaus Seibert
Topic: Self-regulated learning as a profitable basis for sustainable (digital) competence acquisition in chemistry lessons
Date/Time: Tue 16.01.2024, 17:15 - 18:15 (integrated into the GDCH colloquium of the Kaiserslautern chapter)
Abstract:
The ability to self-regulated learning (SRL) as a key competence of lifelong and successful learning enables learners to design individual learning paths openly and to optimize them in a self-reflective way. Among other things, this makes it possible to better prepare students for the changing labor market and indirectly influence academic performance, motivation and, in particular, metacognition. Self-regulated learning as an interdisciplinary competence must therefore be integrated into the individual subjects and continuously developed. This results in an enormously high potential for individual learning in chemistry lessons and can also help to make the subject-specific acquisition of skills more transparent and effective. The presentation will address, among other things, the conditions for success of self-regulated learning in the development of skills in chemistry. In doing so ...
a) ... didactic and methodological considerations of self-regulated (research-based) learning with the aim of gaining knowledge are analyzed,
b) ... reflect on the use of learning strategy and metacognition training with the aim of developing technical and communication skills,
c) ... the integration of self-regulation training to promote evaluation competence using the example of controversially discussed socio-scientific issues with the aim of education for sustainable development,
d) ... constructively reflect on the influence of self-regulated learning on the acquisition of digital skills in chemical contexts using the example of multi-touch experiment instructions and selected augmented reality teaching-learning units.
Place/Time: Lecture hall 52/206