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Practicing with Educational Software
Which students use math educational software—and can it contribute to academic success?
The Teaching Profession: Highly Valued and Respected?
To what extent do teacher education students feel valued?
What Students Want and Need
Developing Tailored Digital Educational Content
Quod erat demonstrandum
Can mathematical understanding of proof be systematically fostered?
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
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.
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…
“Parents need to understand that homework is different today.”
Prof. Knut Neumann, Director of the IPN Department of Physics Education, talks to Julia André and Britta Kölling about parents’ perspectives on artificial intelligence in schools.
The Subject of Evolution in Kindergarten
What children think about basic principles of evolution
Genius or Diligence?
Ability beliefs in prospective teachers
