Psychological Characteristics of Successful Teachers

Research for Society

Science Olympiads

Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education

The IPN’s Research Lines

Domain-Specific Learning in Preschools and Schools

Professional Competence and Learning of Teachers

Science Communication and Extracurricular Learning

Methodological Research and Machine Learning

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Participation welcome!

How participatory design can transform STEM programs

STEM for everyone!

What informal STEM programs should look like so that all students feel like they belong.

From school physics classes to successfully starting a physics degree

How feeling like you belong makes a big difference

Publications

M. Steinbach, J. Fleckenstein, L. Kuklick & J. Meyer (06.2025)
(De)motivating zero-performing students with negative feedback: Does the salience of performance information matter?
Journal article: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
J. Lohmann, N. Machts, J. Möller & S. Zitzmann (06.2025)
A more comprehensive, more reliable multilevel approach for assessing and modeling teacher judgment accuracy using latent variables
Journal article: Educational Psychology Review

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Events

July 31, 2025

17th SH Summer University

The SH Summer University offers teachers from Schleswig-Holstein the opportunity to engage with educational research findings and engage in dialogue with academics. Current issues surrounding schools, teaching, and education will be discussed.

Expanding Horizons

The IPN provides a range of extracurricular opportunities for young learners with an interest in science. Read more about them in the "For Society" section of our website.

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Summer semester 2024

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Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education

The IPN’s Research Lines

News

Participation welcome!

STEM for everyone!

From school physics classes to successfully starting a physics degree

Publications

Events

17th SH Summer University

Expanding Horizons

Lectures and Classes

IPhO

International Physics Olympiad and Physics Olympiad in Germany

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Studentische Hilfskräfte (m/w/d) für IJSO

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