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30.10.2013
Talk by Prof. Gregory Francis on "Cargo Cult Thinking in Psychological Science"
The Munich Center of the Learning Sciences (MCLS) is pleased to announce a public lecture by Prof. Dr. Gregory Francis (Purdue University, USA) “Cargo Cult Thinking in Psychological Science” Friday, November 15th, 12:00 – 14:00 Leopoldstr. 13, room 1305 more
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01.10.2013
REASON ENB has started
The international doctoral training program REASON has officially started on October 1st more
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15.07.2013
Prof. Dr. William Boone – visiting scientist from June 13th -21st 2013
Prof. Dr. William Boone, an expert on Rasch Analysis in the human sciences, visited the MCLS (Biology Education Group) June 13th -21st 2013 and gave two day workshop on the application of Rasch Analysis in the human sciences. He can be reached at boonewjd@gmail.com more
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22.04.2013
The Master's and Doctoral Program of the Munich Center of the Learning Sciences will introduce themselves on Thursday, May 16th
Meet in person and have a talk with the Learning Sciences students and coordinators more
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16.04.2013
Application for the Psychology Master's Program in the Learning Sciences started!
The online application for the Psychology Master's Program in the Learning Sciences has started! more
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15.03.2013
ENB-Doctoral Program "Reason" is funded!
The Elite Network of Bavaria is funding the international doctoral program “Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation” (Reason) of the MCLS. more
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21.02.2013
Prof. Dr. Maarten de Laat, Open University of the Netherlands gave a talk on “Towards informal-formal professional development networks” on February 18, 2013.
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04.02.2013
Prof. Dr. Martha W. Alibali – visiting scientist from January to July 2013
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11.01.2013
MCLS-Doctoral Program “Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation” is funded!
The Elite Network of Bavaria is funding the international doctoral program “Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation” of the MCLS. more
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20.12.2012
Prof. Dr. Hedwig Gasteiger – awarded for good teaching practice
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05.10.2012
Interview with Dr. Karsten Stegmann and Prof. Dr. Matthias Siebeck
Prof. Dr. Kevin Eva, an editor of the prominent journal "Medical Education", has interviewed the MCLS members Dr. Karsten Stegmann and Prof. Dr. Matthias Siebeck about their recently published paper "Vicarious learning during simulations: is it more effective than hands-on training?". more
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04.07.2012 – 06.07.2012
Simbrain Workshop on July, 04. - 06.
Prof. Jeffrey Yoshimi from Merced, CA will hold a workshop on Simbrain - his neural network simulator. more
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29.06.2012
Talk on "Ontogenetic Origins of Young Children’s Norm Psychology" by Dipl. Psych. Marco Schmidt
29.06.2012 more
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08.05.2012
Invitation to a guest lecture of Prof. de Jong (University of Twente) on Thursday, May 10, 2012.
Title: Technology enhanced inquiry learning: Creating resources for (science) learning more
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03.05.2012
Official foundation meeting of the MCLS with symposium
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23.04.2012
New deadline for DTP Learning Sciences applicants
The application deadline for the Doctoral Training Program in the Learning Sciences has been changed to June 15, 2012. more
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03.04.2012
Prof. Dr. Frank Fischer is the new president elect of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS).
He will carry this responsibility from June 2012 till June 2013. more
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23.03.2012
KOMPARE – new research project at the chair of Empirical Pedagogy and Educational Psychology
The research unit of Prof. Dr. Frank Fischer (LMU Munich) has started in February 2012 a new research project, called KOMPARE. It will run for three years, till January 2015. more
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07.03.2012
Guest lecture with Prof. William Boone
Title: Utilizing Rasch Measurement in Social Science Research more
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20.02.2012 at 00:00
Presentation of Psychology Master's Program in the Learning Sciences
If you want to know more about our Master's program, have a look on our current students or just want to get to know us watch our presentation videos online! more
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02.02.2012
Lecture on Generalized Regression
Prof. Gerhard Tutz and Prof. Helmut Küchenhoff more
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31.01.2012 at 00:00
Presentation of the „Psychology Master‘s Program in the Learning Sciences“
The Presentation of the „Psychology Master‘s Program in the Learning Sciences“ takes place on Thursday 2.2.2012 from 6 to 8 pm, Leopoldstr. 13l, Room 2U01. more
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25.01.2012
Dr. William Boone visits MCLS and the Prof. Neuhaus group
Dr. William Boone, full Professor of Educational Psychology (Miami University), will join the Neuhaus research group for a two weeks period in March 2012. more
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06.12.2011
Doctoral Training Program retreat in the Monastery of Seeon, Bavaria
The Research Colloquium for WS 2011/2012 was held as a 2-days academic retreat. more
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17.11.2011
Guest lectures in General and Experimental Psychology
The chair of General and Experimental Psychology organized guest lecture series. They took place on Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 pm in room 3232 at Leopoldstrasse 13. more
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28.10.2011
DTP Welcome Meeting
DTP students, coordinators and professors met on October 26, 2011. more
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13.10.2011
Activities with our Student Societies
Thanks to our student societies our new Master's students could already get a little taste of student life. more
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10.10.2011
Welcome Week for the new students of the Psychology Master's Program in the Learning Sciences!
On Monday 10.10.2011 the Psychology Master's Program in the Learning Sciences started its Welcome Week. more
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05.10.2011
Acceptance process completed for WS 2011/2012
After careful evaluation and strict selection procedure 15 new doctoral students have joined the Doctoral Training Program for the winter term 2011/2012. We welcome them warmly and wish them all the best! more
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30.07.2011
Workshop “Data Analysis with SPSS”
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Sailer, LMU held on July 29, 2011 a workshop on “Data Analysis with SPSS”. The main topics of this seminar were reading data, data definition, data modification, and data analysis. It also addressed the presentation and interpretation of results. The creation of charts was part of the seminar. more
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24.07.2011
Workshop of Prof. Dr. Fou-Lai Lin, Taiwan
Prof. Dr. Fou-Lai Lin from the National Taiwan Normal University carried on July 22, 2011 a workshop on the topic of “Designing Tasks Sequence: The case of conjecturing in mathematics”. more
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20.07.2011
Guest talk: Prof. Dr. Fou-Lai Lin
Prof. Dr. Fou-Lai Lin from the National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Mathematics gave a lecture on July 20, 2011. The topic was “Collaborative Research Issues on (Mathematics) Teacher as Designer”. more
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11.07.2011
Workshop “Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)”
Prof. Dr. Markus Bühner, University of Graz gave a workshop on “Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)” on July 11, 2011. more
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27.05.2011
Guest lecture: Dr. Matthias von Davier
Dr. Matthias von Davier, Educational Testing Service, Princeton visited Munich and LMU on May 26, 2011. He gave lecture on “General latent variable framework for complex assessments”. more
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26.05.2011
Methodology course of Dr. Matthias von Davier, Educational Testing Service, Princeton
Workshop “International large scale survey assessments” more
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26.05.2011
Guest lecture: Prof. Dr. Paul De Boeck
Prof. Dr. Paul De Boeck, University of Amsterdam, spoke on 25.05.2011 on the topic of “The Potential of Generalized Linear Mixed Models”. more
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05.05.2011
Guest speaker Prof. Dr. Richard J. Shavelson
“An approach to testing and modeling competence” more
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17.02.2011
Joint Publication by the Munich Center of the Learning Sciences
A joint publication by the Munich Center of the Learning Sciences titled "Multidisciplinary Cooperation in Education" is published in the European Educational Research Journal,(10)1. more
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12.02.2011
Poster Session by DTP Students
DTP students presented their research at a poster sessions on February 10, 2011. more
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04.02.2011
Master‘s Program and Doctoral Training Program at the "Studyrama International Education and Career Fair 2011"
The "Psychology Master's Program in the Learning Sciences" and the "Doctoral Training Program (DTP)" are present as exhibitors at the "Studyrama International Education and Career Fair 2011" in Brussels at February 12th. more
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03.02.2011
Presentation of the „Psychology Master‘s Program in the Learning Sciences“ is now available online
We welcome applications from Germany and from foreign candidates that already have or will receive soon their bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Education, or related fields. more
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05.08.2010
Funding granted by DAAD
The The Doctoral Training Program of the MCLS has been granted funding by the Deutsche Academische Austauschdienst (DAAD). more
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12.07.2010
Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Fischer
“Cultures of Participation”, July 12th 2010 more
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29.04.2010
Guest lecture Prof. Dr. Paul Kirschner
"Urban Legends in Education: What does the Research say?" more
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19.04.2010
Guest Speaker Prof. Gerhard Fischer
"Distributed Intelligence: Extending the Power of the Unaided, Individual Human Mind" more
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26.01.2010
Guest lecture Prof. Dr. Gavriel Salomon
"How do we make media research worthwhile?" more