Elsbeth Stern

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Elsbeth Stern (2016)

Elsbeth Stern (born December 26, 1957 in Marburg ) is a German psychologist and professor for teaching-learning research at the ETH Zurich . Her scientific focus is on teaching and learning research, cognitive psychology and intelligence research .

Professional background

In 1977 she graduated from high school in Schwalmstadt / Treysa. She studied psychology at the Philipps University of Marburg and at the University of Hamburg. After completing her diploma with Hubert Feger , she did her doctorate in 1986 with Kurt Pawlik on the subject of reactivity effects in investigations into self-recording of behavior in the field .

From 1987 to 1993 she was a research assistant in the developmental psychology department of Franz E. Weinert at the Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research in Munich. In 1994 she completed her habilitation in psychology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich with a thesis on the development of mathematical understanding in childhood . From 1994 to 1997 she was professor for educational psychology at the University of Leipzig . From 1997 to 2006 she worked as a research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin. Among other things, she researched in a learning laboratory how children of primary school age can be introduced to mathematics and natural sciences in a meaningful way.

Together with Ralph Schumacher , she developed a curriculum for early childhood education at the Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences in 2004 . In 2006 she accepted a professorship for teaching and learning research at ETH Zurich .

In 2014 she was elected to the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz .

It became known in the press, among other things, through a study on the influence of Latin lessons on the development of intelligence , in which no positive effect on logical reasoning and performance in the mathematical and scientific field could be proven. The study was led by Theo Wirth criticized.

Stern is married and lives in Zurich.

Fonts (selection)

  • Reactivity effects in studies on self-recording of behavior in the field . Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1986.
  • The development of mathematical understanding in childhood. Pabst Publisher, Lengerich 1988.
  • with J. Guthke (ed.): Perspektiven der Intellektivenforschung. Pabst Publisher, Lengerich 2001.
  • with R. Schumacher: Learning in preschool age. Electronic textbook for the model course "Early Education" at the FH Neubrandenburg . 2004.
  • with Aljoscha Neubauer : Learning makes you intelligent - Why talent must be promoted. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-421-04266-8 .
  • with R. Grabner and R. Schumacher: Teaching-learning research and neurosciences: expectations, findings and research perspectives. (= Educational reform. Volume 13). Federal Ministry of Education and Research, 2005.
  • with Aljoscha Neubauer: Intelligence - Big differences and their consequences. DVA, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-421-04533-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. What Johnny learns The time of 3 April 2003 no. 15
  2. ^ Petra Plättner: Four new members in the Academy of Sciences and Literature. Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz , press release from January 13, 2015 from the Science Information Service (idw-online.de), accessed on January 14, 2015.
  3. ^ Haag, L. & Stern, E. (2000): Non scholae sed vitae discimus. In search of global and specific transfer effects in Latin teaching . Journal of Educational Psychology, 14, 146–157. Full text (PDF, 991 kB)
  4. Does Latin make you smart? (PDF; 552 kB). In: Research & Teaching . 6/2009.
  5. Theo Wirth: Unfair Latin criticism. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .
  6. Nadja Pastega: "Many parents overestimate the intelligence of their children" . In: Tages-Anzeiger . ISSN  1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed on March 31, 2019]).