Katrin Kunz
Katrin Kunz is a research scientist and PhD candidate at the Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology. She is part of the scientific support for the Hector Core Courses at the Hector Children’s Academy Programme and is involved in the development and evaluation of the Computer Science curriculum. Her research interests focus on computational thinking and the education of computer science at the elementary level. As part of her PhD, she develops and evaluates two courses in informatics as part of an enrichment program for talented and gifted children (Hector Children’sAcademy).
She is also part of LEAD, as it's interdisciplinary character offers her the opportunities to collaborate with other researchers and actors in the field of education.
Publications
Conference Contributions
- Kunz, K., Moeller, K., Ninaus, M., Trautwein, U., & Tsarava, K. (2023). Making the Transition to Text-Based Programming: The Pilot Evaluation of a Computational Thinking Intervention for Primary School Students (Practical Report). Proceedings of the 18th WiPSCE Conference on Primary and Secondary Computing Education Research, 104-109. https://doi.org/10.1145/3605468.3609770
- Kunz, K.(2023). Developing, Validating, and Implementing a Mental Model Test for Primary School Students (Doctoral Consortium). Proceedings of the 23nd Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research. https://doi.org/10.1145/3631802.3631835
Curriculum Vitae
Since 08/2022
Research scientist and PhD candidate
Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology – University of Tübingen
08/2020 - 09/2022
Master’s studies secondary-school teacher mathematics/computer science (M.Ed.)
University of Tübingen
04/2021 - 09/2022
Research assistant
Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology – University of Tübingen
04/2021 - 12/2021
Research Assistant at the Institute of Education
University of Tübingen
09/2020 - 12/2020
Internship
Michael-Grzimek-Schule Nairobi, Kenia
10/2017 - 09/2020
Bachelor’s studies secondary-school teaching mathematics/computer science (B.Ed.)
University of Tübingen
09/2016 - 01/2020
Research assistant at the Wilhelm-Schickard-Institute
University of Tübingen
09/2018 - 07/2019
Research assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems
MPI Tübingen
10/2014 - 09/2017
Bachelor’s studies Cognitive Science (B.Sc.)
University of Tübingen
09/2015 - 12/2016
Research assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics
MPI Tübingen
08/2012 - 06/2014
Dual Bachelor’s studies Mechatronics (ASE)
DHBW Stuttgart / Daimler AG
01/2014 - 04/2014
Internship
Daimler AG Burnaby, Kanada