Katharina Scheiter

Katharina Scheiter (2016)

Katharina Scheiter (born March 27, 1974 in Göttingen ) is a German psychologist . She heads the Multiple Representations working group at the Leibniz Institute for Knowledge Media (IWM) and is professor for empirical teaching and learning research at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen . Since 2016 she has also been Honorary Professor at the School of Education at Nottingham University (UK).

Life

Scheiter studied psychology (diploma) from 1993 to 1999 at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen . She then worked as a doctoral candidate and research assistant at Saarland University. In 2003 she was awarded a PhD at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen rer. nat. PhD. In 2009 she completed her habilitation at the University of Tübingen on the subject of "Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Theories of Multimedia Learning: A Critical Reconsideration". From 2009 she initially held a research professorship, and in 2011 she was appointed professor at the University of Tübingen.

research

With her working group Multiple Representations at the Leibniz Institute for Knowledge Media (IWM) in Tübingen, Katharina Scheiter examines the cognitive psychological foundations of learning from multiple representations as well as measures to support corresponding learning processes. The results of this research flow into the design of digital school books and tablet-based applications for the educational context. Katharina Scheiter has carried out numerous DFG- funded projects on learning with multimedia . She is a co-applicant and member of the DFG research group "Analysis and Promotion of Effective Teaching-Learning Processes" (FOR738) as well as the LEAD Graduate School and Research Network (Learning, Educational Achievement, and Life Course Development; Graduate School GSC 1028), which is part of the Excellence Initiative of the Federal and state funding. In addition, she is a member of the School Board of the Tübingen School of Education and is responsible for the TüDiLab (Tübingen Digital Teaching Lab) located at the IWM.

Fonts (selection)

• Scheiter, K., Schleinschok, K., & Ainsworth, S. (2017). Why sketching may aid learning from science texts: Contrasting sketching with written explanations. Topics in Cognitive Science, 9, 866-882.
• Schleinschok, K., Eitel, A., & Scheiter, K. (2017). Do drawing tasks improve monitoring and control during learning from text? Learning and Instruction, 51, 10-25.
• Scheiter, K., Eitel, A., & Schüler, A. (2016). Learning with texts and pictures: The early mutual influencing of cognitive processes in the construction of an integrated mental model. Special issue: Psychology and knowledge media. Psychological Rundschau, 67, 87–93.
• Scheiter, K., & Eitel, A. (2015). Signals foster multimedia learning by supporting integration of highlighted text and diagram elements. Learning and Instruction, 36, 11-26.
• Eitel, A., Scheiter, K., Schüler, A., Nyström, M., & Holmqvist, K. (2013). How a picture facilitates the process of learning from text: Evidence for scaffolding. Learning and Instruction, 28, 48-63.
• Scheiter, K., Schüler, A., Gerjets, P., Huk, T. & Hesse, FW (2014). Extending multimedia research: How do prerequisite knowledge and reading comprehension affect learning from text and pictures. Computers in Human Behavior, 31, 73-84.
• Scheiter, K., & Van Gog, T. (2009). Using eye tracking in applied research to study and stimulate the processing of information from multi-representational sources. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23, 1209-1214.
• Scheiter, K., & Gerjets, P. (2007). Learner control in hypermedia environments. Educational Psychology Review, 19, 285-307.

Web links

• Portrait on the pages of the IWM Tübingen
• List of publications by Katharina Scheiter
• Brief portrait on academia-net.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ LEAD Graduate School and Research Network
2. ↑ Tübingen School of Education ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ TüDiLab