Anke Maria Weber, Postdoctoral Researcher and member of the CBA research group.

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Anke is a Post-Doc within the Computer-Based Assessment research group at the University of Luxembourg. She holds a PhD in educational sciences from the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany and focuses on the role of play in children’s cognitive and motivational development. Prior to joining the University of Luxembourg, she held a Post-Doc position at the Institute of Child and Youth Education at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany.

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“The highest form of research is essentially play.” (N. V. Scarfe)

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Last updated on: Tuesday, 06 September 2022

Research Interests

• Cognitive Development
• Spatial Reasoning
• Self-Concept
• Play
• Expectancy-Value Theory
• Computational Thinking
• Longitudinal Data
• Psycho-Physiological Methods

Projects

• Parent and child interactions during play (PACIP): The central focus of the PACIP project is the investigation of 4- to 6-year-old children’s and their parents’ spatial play. It examines how interactions between parents and children affect children’s cognitive and motivational development in a guided or free play setting.

Last updated on: 06 Sep 2022

Weber, A. M., Bastian, M., Barkela, V., Mühling, A., & Leuchter, M. (in press). Fostering preservice teachers’ expectancies and values towards computational thinking. Frontiers in Psychology.

Weber, A. M., & Leuchter, M. (2022). Fostering children's block building self-concepts and stability knowledge through construction play. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 80, 101400.

Reuter, T., Weber, A. M., Flottmann, J., & Leuchter, M. (2021). Ability of 6- to 7-year-old children to choose the control of variables strategy. Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 20(2), 70–82.

Weber, A. M., Reuter, T., & Leuchter, M. (2020). The impact of a construction play on 5- to 6-year-old children’s reasoning about stability. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1737.

Weber, A. M., & Leuchter, M. (2020). Measuring preschool children’s knowledge of the principle of static equilibrium in the context of building blocks: Validation of a test instrument. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 90, 50–74.

Weber, A. M., & Trojan, J. (2018). The restorative value of the urban environment: A systematic review of the literature. Environmental Health Insights, 12, 1–13.

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Last updated on: 06 Sep 2022