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Daniel Sommerhoff’s permanent professorship heralds continuity in the IPN’s Department of Mathematics Education

Daniel Sommerhoff’s permanent professorship heralds continuity in the IPN’s Department of Mathematics Education

The IPN’s Prof. Dr. Daniel Sommerhoff has received a lifetime professorship in mathematics education, a joint appointment by Kiel University (CAU) and the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN), effective January 1, 2026.

New IPN study demonstrates how AI helps generate systematic descriptions of research literature

New IPN study demonstrates how AI helps generate systematic descriptions of research literature

The sum total of human knowledge is growing all the time – and so is the volume of academic and scientific papers and articles. Researchers survey an area of academic study by producing systematic summaries of the relevant literature. Yet this is an arduous and very time-consuming task.

Feature with Dr. Jana Kähler

IPN’s Dr. Jana Kähler in radio feature on the significance of young children’s scientific learning experiences

Dr. Jana Kähler, a researcher at the IPN, is lead author of a paper, published in the journal Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie, that uses data from the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) to detail the extent to which children’s early experiences of science influence their learning late…

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