Lena Kristina Keller

Lena Kristina Keller

PostDoc

University of Potsdam

Biography

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the chair of Quantitative Methods in Educational Sciences at the University of Potsdam, Germany. My research interests include the interplay of students’ achievement and achievement motivation, gender differences and intersectionality in educational contexts, giftedness and high achievement, as well as attitudes and stereotypes of (pre-service) teachers. From a methodological perspective, I am particularly interested in research syntheses with data from educational large-scale assessments. Research transparency is important to me.

Interests

  • Student achievement and achievement motivation
  • Gender differences and intersectionality in educational contexts
  • Giftedness and high achievement
  • Attitudes and stereotypes of (pre-service) teachers
  • Research syntheses with data from educational large-scale assessments

Education

  • PhD in Psychology, 2020

    Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

  • MSc in Psychology, 2015

    University of Trier, Germany

  • BSc in Psychology, 2012

    Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Potsdam

Oct 2020 – Present Germany
Chair of Quantitative Methods in Educational Sciences (Prof. Martin Brunner)
 
 
 
 
 

Predoctoral Researcher

University of Potsdam

Mar 2019 – Aug 2020 Germany
Chair of Quantitative Methods in Educational Sciences (Prof. Martin Brunner)
 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Researcher

Monash University

Jul 2017 – Aug 2017 Australia
Research stay with Dr. Leonie Kronborg
 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Researcher

University of Michigan

Oct 2016 – Dec 2016 USA
Research stay with Prof. Kai S. Cortina
 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Researcher

University of California, Irvine

May 2016 – May 2016 USA
Research stay with Prof. Jacquelynne S. Eccles
 
 
 
 
 

PhD Student

International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE)

Oct 2015 – Jul 2020 Germany
International research training including seminar courses and academies

Recent Publications

Scholarships & Awards

Travel Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

To attend the 20th Biennial EARLI Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece

Publication Award for Young Scientists (Post docs) by the Society for Empirical Educational Research (GEBF)

Awarded for “Top-performing math students in 82 countries: An inte-grative data analysis of gender differences in achievement, achieve-ment profiles, and achievement motivation,” published in Journal of Educational Psychology

Travel Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

To attend the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, USA. (Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)

Travel Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

To attend the 22nd Biennial Conference of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC) in Sydney, Australia

Best Presentation Award

Third Annual Meeting of the Berlin Interdisciplinary Education Research Network (BIEN), Berlin

Doctoral Fellowship of the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE)

Scholarship for PhD studies at the Freie Universität Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Scholarship by the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)

Teaching

 
 
 
 
 

Addressing heterogeneity in the classroom with personalized learning: Application of educational psychological assessment and digital technologies

Bielefeld University

Apr 2024 – Sep 2024
Seminar for students in the Bachelor of Education
 
 
 
 
 

Measurement instruments: Design, test theory, and application

University of Potsdam

Oct 2023 – Sep 2024
Seminar for students in the Bachelor of Educational Sciences
 
 
 
 
 

Diversity and inclusion in the classroom: Teaching students with different learning prerequisites

Bielefeld University

Oct 2022 – Jul 2023
Seminar for students in the Bachelor of Education
 
 
 
 
 

Introduction to data analysis in R

University of Potsdam

Apr 2019 – Jul 2021
Seminar for students in the Bachelor of Educational Sciences
 
 
 
 
 

Test development and diagnostic testing

Freie Universität Berlin

Apr 2018 – Sep 2018
Seminar for students in the Bachelor of Educational Sciences
 
 
 
 
 

Gender-specific aspects in education and educational trajectories

Freie Universität Berlin

Apr 2017 – Sep 2017
Seminar for students in the Bachelor of Educational Sciences

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