Psychological Assessment
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Dr. Kristin Jankowsky and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schroeders have received a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the project "Facing the Replication Crisis in Machine Learning Modeling" as part of the DFG priority program "META-REP".
Identifying potential in elementary school
In the PINGUIN project, we are developing a test battery for the objective and reliable assessment of the cognitive potential and learning status of pupils in the school entry phase.
Research ticker
New preprints and publications (last 12 months)
- 29.11.2025 - Speck, K.-L., Jankowsky, K., Scharf, F., & Schroeders, U. (2025, November 29.)Beyond the hype: A simulation study evaluating the predictive performance of machine learning models in psychology. (opens in a new window)
- 25.11.2025 - Breit, M., Brunner, M., Preuß, J., ..., & Preckel, F. (2025, November 25). General intelligence contributions to cognitive performance across ability levels and age: An IPD meta-analysis of child and adolescent norming data. (opens in a new window)
- 22.11.2025 - Achaa-Amankwaa, P., Walter, J., & Schroeders, U. (2025, November 22). Wordle - A Game-Based Assessment of Verbal Ability? (opens in a new window)
- 19.11.2025 - Jankowsky, K., Belobrajdic, N., Weziak-Bialowolska, D., Bialowolski, P., & McGrath, R. E. (2025). Using machine learning to examine the predictive validity of character strengths across cultures. The Journal of Positive Psychology. (opens in a new window)
- 05.11.2025 - Achaa-Amankwaa, P., Walter, J., Hübner, V., Hübner, P., & Schroeders, U. (2025, November 5). Modeling Item Difficulty in Large-Scale Game-Based Language Assessment (opens in a new window)
- 22.10.2025 - Altgassen, E.*, Hartung, J.*, Steger, D., Schroeders, U. & Wilhelm, O. (2025, October 22). From school lessons to life lessons: School knowledge, life knowledge and their relation to biographical experiences. [* Shared first authorship] (opens in a new window)
- 19.10.2025 - Jankowsky, K., McGrath, R.E., & Olaru, G. (2025, October 19). The Big Three-Mini: Development of a Cross-Culturally Invariant Indicator of Fundamental Character Constructs (opens in a new window)
- 10.10.2025 - Busse, F., Zimny, L., Schroeders, U., & Wilhelm, O. (2025). Cloze test performance and cognitive abilities: A comprehensive meta-analysis. Intelligence. (opens in a new window)
- 06.09.2025 - Schroeders, U. (2025, September 6). Crystallized Intelligence: Exploring the Dark Matter of Intelligence. (opens in a new window)
- 17.06.2025 - Schroeders, U., Mariss, A., Sauter, J., & Jankowsky, K. (2025). Predicting juvenile delinquency and criminal behavior in adulthood using machine learning. International Journal of Behavioral Development. (opens in a new window)
- 08.06.2025 - Schroeders, U., Achaa-Amankwaa, P., Walter, J., Endlich, D., Hasselhorn, M., Golle, J., & Goecke, B. (2025, June 8). PINGUIN – Assessing Elementary Students’ Initial Competencies. (opens in a new window)
- 13.05.2025 - Achaa-Amankwaa, P., Trautwein, T., Lenhard, W., & Schroeders, U. (2025). Balancing between categorical and dimensional assessment in short-scale construction using Ant Colony Optimization. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. (opens in a new window)
- 24.04.2025 - Schroeders, U., & Gnambs, T. (2025). Sample size planning in item response theory: A tutorial. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science (opens in a new window)
- 27.03.2025 - Trautwein, T., Scharf, F., & Schroeders, U. (2025, March 27). Bee Swarm Optimization in Model Specification Search: A Simulation Study. (opens in a new window)
- 06.02.2025 - Schroeders, U., & Achaa-Amankwaa, P. (2025, February 6). Developing NOVA: A Next-Generation Open Vocabulary Assessment. (opens in a new window)