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Dr. Anna-Sophia Dersch

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Dr. Anna-Sophia Dersch

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Contact
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Address
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
FB06 Educational Psychology
Professorship for Teaching and Learning with Media
Otto-Behaghel-Straße 10 F
35394 Giessen, Germany

Teaching
  • Educational Psychology for B.Sc. Psychology students
  • Basic Concepts of Psychology for student teachers
  • Teaching and Learning with Media for student teachers
  • Scientific Writing for student teachers in German as a foreign language, University of São Tomé and Príncipe (USTP), Africa
  • Supervision of Master theses (B.Sc. / M.Sc.) in Psychology
  • Supervision of student teachers' final theses in Psychology
Research Interests
  • Multimedia learning
  • Interventions for (student) teachers
  • (Hot) conceptual change and attitude change
  • (Enhancing) refutation text
  • Personalization and adaptivity (in Feedback)
  • (Gender) stereotyping
Memberships
  • European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPS) [German Association for Psychology] - Associate Member
  • Network Gender & STEM
Publications

Journal Articles

  • Dersch, A.-S., Thacker, I., & Eitel, A. (2026). Should We Tell Teachers They Are (In)Correct? How Personalized Refutation Text Promotes or Hampers Conceptual Change. Educational Psychology Review, 38(17), 1–42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-026-10116-9
  • Dersch, A.-S., Heyder, A., & Eitel, A. (2025). Teachers' Awareness of Math-Gender Stereotype-Reinforcing Behaviors: A Video Experiment. Social Psychology of Education, 28(191), 1–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-025-10138-1
  • Dersch, A.-S., Renkl, A., & Eitel, A. (2022). Personalized Refutation Texts Best Stimulate Teachers' Conceptual Change About Multimedia Learning. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 38, 977–992. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12671 
  • Dersch, A.-S., Heyder, A., & Eitel, A. (2022). Exploring the Nature of Teachers’ Math-Gender Stereotypes: The Math-Gender Misconception Questionnaire. Frontiers in Psychology, 1728. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.820254
  • Eitel, A., Dersch, A.-S. & Renkl, A. (2019). Wissenschaftliche Annahmen und Fehlkonzepte angehender Lehrkräfte über das Lernen mit Multimedia. [Student Teachers' Scientific Assumptions and Misconceptions About Learning with Multimedia]. Unterrichtswissenschaft 47, 451–474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42010-019-00049-4

 

Conference Contributions

  • Krebs, M.-C., Dersch, A.-S., Eitel, A. (2024, September). Text oder Erklärvideo: Welches Medium eignet sich besser für Wissenserwerb und Refutation von Fehlkonzepten? [Text or Video: Which Medium is more appropriate for Knowledge Acquisition or Refutation of Misconceptions?] Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) [German Association for Psychology]. Vienna / online. [Talk]
  • Dersch, A.-S., Stolzmann, L., & Eitel, A. (2024, September). Development, Evaluation, and Application of the Misconceptions about Autism Questionnaire (MAQ). Special Interest Group of EARLI for Special Educational Needs (SIG 15). Valencia. [Symposium Contribution]
  • Nimsch, V., Dersch, A.-S., & Eitel, A. (2024, September). Do Refutation Hypertexts Enhance Student Teachers' Conceptual Change? Special Interest Group of EARLI for Text and Graphics Comprehension (SIG 2). Valencia. [Talk]
  • Krebs, M.-C., Dersch, A.-S., & Eitel, A. (2024, September). Explainer Video vs. Text: Which Medium Is More Effective for Refuting Misconceptions?. Special Interest Group of EARLI for Text and Graphics Comprehension (SIG 2). Valencia. [Talk]
  • Dersch, A.-S., & Eitel, A. (2024, July). Refuting Teachers' Math-Gender Misconceptions: Are Personalized Refutation Texts the Way to Go? Network Gender & STEM Conference. Heidelberg. [Talk]
  • Dersch, A.-S., Heyder, A., & Eitel, A. (2023, September). Sensibilität von Lehrkräften gegenüber mathe-geschlechtersteotyp-verstärkendem Unterrichtsverhalten: Ein Videoexperiment [Teachers' Awareness of Math-Gender Stereotype-Reinforcing Behaviors. A Video Experiment]. Fachgruppentagung der Fachgruppe Pädagogische Psychologie (PäPs) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) [Conference of the Specialist Group for Educational Psychology of the German Association for Psychology]. Kiel. [Symposium contribution]
  • Dersch, A.-S., Heyder, A., & Eitel, A. (2023, August). How Aware Are Teachers Towards Math-Gender Stereotype-Reinforcing Behaviors? A Video Experiment. European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI). Thessaloniki. [Talk]
  • Dersch, A.-S., Bohm, J., & Eitel, A. (2022, August). Does Working on The Specialist Problem Improve Learning About Math-Gender Stereotypes? Special Interest Group of EARLI for Text and Graphics Comprehension (SIG 2). Kiel. [Poster]
  • Eitel, A., Prinz, A., & Dersch, A.-S. (2022, August). Assessing and Reducing Misconceptions About Multimedia Learning. Special Interest Group of EARLI for Text and Graphics Comprehension (SIG 2). Kiel. [Talk]
  • Dersch, A.-S., Heyder, A., & Eitel, A. (2022, July). Exploring The Nature of Teachers' Math-Gender Stereotypes. Junior Researchers of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI). Porto. [Poster]
  • Dersch, A.-S., Renkl, A., & Eitel, A. (2021, August). Do Refutation Texts Foster Teachers' Conceptual Change? Only When Designed in a Personalized Way. European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI). Gothenburg / online. [Talk]

 

Science Communication and Teacher Trainings

  • Dersch, A.-S., Heyder, A., & Eitel, A. (2024, Oktober). Sensibilität von Lehrkräften gegenüber mathe-geschlechtersteotyp-verstärkendem Unterrichtsverhalten: Ein Videoexperiment. [Teachers' Awareness of Math-gender Stereotype-reinforcing Classroom Behaviors: A Video Experiment]. Arbeitskreis Frauen, Gender & Diversity und Mathematik. [Working Group Women, Gender & Diversity in Mathematics]. Augsburg / online. [Talk]
  • Dersch, A.-S. (2023, May). Lehren mit analogen- und digitalen Medien: Was einige vielleicht nicht wissen [Teaching with Analogue- and Digital Media: What Some May Not Know]. News4Teachers. https://www.news4teachers.de/2023/05/lehren-mit-analogen-und-digitalen-medien-was-einige-vielleicht-nicht-wissen/
  • Dersch, A.-S. (2023, March). Umgang mit verhaltensauffälligen Schüler:innen: Implikationen aus der Motivationsforschung [Dealing with Students with Behavioural Difficulties: Implications from Motivational Research]. Teacher Training at Ostschule Giessen, Germany.
  • Office for Culture, Offenbach (2021), Orte des Glaubens: Grundschulen im Interreligiösen Dialog. [Places of Faith: Primary Schools in Interreligious Dialouge]. https://www.offenbach.de/kultur-und-tourismus/kultur-fuer-junges-publikum/orte-des-glaubens.php
Prizes and Awards
  • Oral Presentation Award at the Special Interest Group (SIG) 15: Special Educational Needs Biannual Conference in Valencia, 2024: Neurodiversity in Education
  • Junior Researcher Award by the German Association for Psychology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, DGPs) Specialist Group Educational Psychology, 2022
Academic Self-Governance
  • 10/2023 - 06/2025 Elected Equal Opportunities Commissioner for the Department of Psychology