Jörg Wittwer
Jörg Wittwer (born January 16, 1975 in Warendorf ) is a German psychologist and educational researcher. Since the winter semester 2013/2014 he has held a W-3 professorship for educational science with a focus on empirical teaching / learning research at the University of Freiburg .
Life
Jörg Wittwer attended the Laurentianum grammar school in Warendorf from 1985 to 1994 , where he graduated from high school. From 1995 to 2002 he studied psychology at the University of Münster . He completed this course with a diploma . This was followed by a position as a research assistant at the chair for educational psychology and developmental psychology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg from 2002 to 2006 , where he received his doctorate in 2005 . The title of the work is Improving instructional explanations in netbased communication between experts and laypersons . She was looked after by Alexander Renkl , Hans Spada and Heinz Schüpbach . From 2005 to 2010 he was a research assistant in the Department of Education / Educational-Psychological Methodology at the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN) at Kiel University , which he deputy headed from 2009 to 2010. In the winter semester 2008/2009 he took over the substitution of this chair from Professor Alexander Renkl. In the winter semester 2010/2011 he was offered a position in Göttingen for a DFG Heisenberg professorship for empirical educational research with a focus on teaching / learning research , which he held up to and including the summer semester 2013.
Wittwer primarily deals with tutoring and the diagnostic skills of teachers. In addition, his research focuses on learning from explanations and learning from solution examples as well as understanding and evaluating explanations. Competence-oriented testing is also a focus of interest.
Publications
- Improving instructional explanations in net-based communication between experts and laypersons . Freiburg 2005 (dissertation, online resource).
- An International Comparison of Science Teaching and Learning: Further Results from PISA 2006 . Waxmann Verlag. Münster, Berlin, Munich, New York 2011. (together with M. Kobarg, M. Prenzel et al.).
Web links
- Jörg Wittwer at the University of Freiburg
- Doctoral thesis by Jörg Wittwer in full text (PDF; 717 kB)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wittwer, Jörg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German psychologist and educational researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warendorf |